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End-of-Life Care Planning and Preparation
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Advance care planning Advance care planning (ACP) is thinking about, talking about and telling others about one’s personal values, wishes, decisions and preferences for their future care. Advance care planning is especially eʙective through meaningful conversations. It can be beneʚcial to write, voice record, or video record any advance care plans that a person makes. It is a way of helping a person to understand their illness or medical condition and how it might impact them in the future. It is also a way to ʚnd out what matters to the person and what their wishes and preferences are. ACP discussions are an important aspect of person-centred care and are particularly important when a person has a life-limiting illness. ACP is not a once-oʙ task; it is a series of conversations that consider a wide range of end-of-life matters, from place of care, to place of death, to making funeral arrangements. Advance care planning is an ongoing process, but when decisions, preferences, wishes or values have been identiʚed, it is helpful for a person to write them down or record them. This way, if they are unable to express themselves later, their will and preference is more likely to be followed.
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End-of-Life Care Planning and
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