{"id":1062,"date":"2020-03-23T18:18:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T18:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hdcoe\/?page_id=1062"},"modified":"2021-09-13T19:22:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T19:22:58","slug":"advance-care-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hdcoe\/resources\/advance-care-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Advance Care Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3462 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hdcoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/document-No-attribution-required-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hdcoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/document-No-attribution-required-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hdcoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/document-No-attribution-required-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hdcoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/document-No-attribution-required-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hdcoe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/document-No-attribution-required.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Advance Care Planning <\/span>is a process of discussing, preparing and documenting your wishes and\/or preferences. Decisions are based on your personal beliefs and values. Advance care planning can be difficult to think about, much less discuss with your loved ones. Remember, this is an ongoing discussion and you don\u2019t have to make all your decisions right now. Discussing your thoughts, questions, preferences and even fears will assist you and your loved ones in caring for you both now and at the end of life.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Types of Advance Care Planning<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nAdvance Directives (AD)<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Advance Directives<\/span> are legal documents that allow you to write down your preferences about your future medical care in the event you are unable to express your medical wishes. To learn more please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hdcoe\/resources\/advance-care-planning\/advance-directives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advance Directives<\/a> page.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">POLST <\/span>is a physician order that helps give seriously ill patients more control over their end-of-life care.\u00a0 To learn more please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hdcoe\/resources\/advance-care-planning\/physician-orders-for-life-sustaining-treatment-polst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">POLST<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Last Will or Testament<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Last will or Testament is a legal document that expresses a person&#8217;s wishes as to how their property is to be distributed after their death and as to which person is to manage the property until its final distribution.\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #3a6b9e;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Long Term Care and Placement<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3a6b9e;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The best time to think about long-term care is before you need it. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #3a6b9e;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Planning for long-term care gives you time to learn about services in your community and what they cost. It also allows you to make important decisions while you are still able.<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advance Care Planning is a process of discussing, preparing and documenting your wishes and\/or preferences. Decisions are based on your personal beliefs and values. Advance care planning can be difficult to think about, much less discuss with your loved ones. 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