Making Plans

The Advance care planning Australia website provides information and forms to document your preferences and to prepare should you no longer be able to communicate your decisions.

Share your Advance care plan with others by using the Australian government’s My Health Record. Visit the website and scroll down to find instructions on how to log in, control who can access your record and manage your own information.

Planning ahead is important. The Caring for your mob booklet is available from the Department of Health website and explains how to start talking about end of life care and how to turn your wishes into a plan.

The What Matters Most for Older Australians Discussion Starter and card pack has been developed for older people using aged care services and those living with dementia. They are designed to be used with health or aged care staff. The What Matters Most Discussion Starter and cards are available in the following languages: Arabic , Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Maltese, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Planning your end-of-life care can feel like a challenge. The Southern Cross University has developed a 2-page booklet Respect my decisions: IT’S MY RIGHT! Designed specifically for the LGBTI community to plan for end of life you can read this online or print it from the website.

In this video from the UK group Dying Matters, We’re Living Well but Dying Matters, people with learning disabilities share stories and their wishes to support other people with learning disabilities in becoming comfortable in talking about dying, death and bereavement.

From Cancer Council Australia, the Rural Cancer Stories series of videos brings you the stories of country cancer patients. Stories include, how they have coped and continue to cope with cancer, things they wish they knew earlier and practical tips they want to share.