Advance care planning offers people the opportunity to plan their future care and support, including medical treatment, while they have the capacity to do so.
Not everyone will want to make an advance care plan, but it may be especially relevant for:
- People at risk of losing mental capacity - for example, through progressive illness.
- People whose mental capacity varies at different times - for example, through mental illness.
My Future Wishes - Advance Care Plan template
The guide includes easy to navigate sections on why advance care planning is important and when and how these conversations should be started. It includes top tips and links to a wide range of other resources.
The My Future Wishes – Advance Care Plan template has been designed for people to use to document their future wishes for care – including who, what and where is important to them.
My Future Wishes conversation starter pack
The My Future Wishes Conversation Starter Pack is a booklet for people who are living with a long-term condition and who would like help to start conversations with their family and friends. The pack is divided into four topic areas: What’s important to me, Lasting powers of attorney and wills, Medical decisions and My care preferences.
Advance Care Planning and Dementia
Please go to: https://www.wypartnership.co.uk/our-priorities/mental-health/mental-health/dementia to access more information and resources which will help you to think about and record your future wishes for your care #wyhacp
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