Patient Resources - Advance Care Planning

Our resources are currently only offered in English.  If you require translation, please contact Translation Services.

The Advance Care Planning Program has two booklets that contain guidance and templates for creating a health care directive (HCD) or appointing a proxy. Patients do not have to use an SHA template to create a HCD. 

The ABCs of ACP contains a proxy appointment form and a template for creating a general HCD. It can be partnered with Let's Talk Advance Care Planning for additional education. 

Future Health Care Decisions contains a proxy appointment form and a template for creating a specific HCD. This booklet should only be provided to patients with a specific health condition who have a good understanding of their current health and are planning for things that may happen due to that condition. Please read the Practitioner's Guide and have a conversation about the anticipated progression and outcomes of the condition before providing this booklet to patients.

Not every individual will require a health care directive. Many people can have their best interests met by identifying their legal nearest relative or appointing a proxy and having ongoing conversations with that person about their health care wishes, fears, and values.