Event
What is Advance Care Planning?
12:00PM - 01:30PM, Monday 16 April 2012 (event finished)
Anyone can become really sick and be unable to tell doctors what type of medical care they want or don’t want. Whether it’s a sudden accident or the gradual worsening of an illness it’s important for family and friends to understand how we would like to be cared for in the event of being too sick to speak for ourselves. Advance Care Planning is a series of steps we can take to express our wishes and preferences for our medical care, whether we are currently healthy or not. Catherine Kelly from the Austin Health’s Respecting Patient Choices Program will explain further what is Advance Care Planning including the role of Medical Power Of Attorney, then a woman will speak about her own experience of creating an advance care plan.
Booking is essential. Phone 1300 781 500 or email breacan@breacan.org.au.
Location: BreaCan Resource Centre
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