Title:

Advance care planning

Description:

Advance care planning (ACP) is a process of discussion between an individual and his/her care provider.

This process of ACP is to make clear a person’s wishes in anticipation of a deterioration in their condition in the future, with associated loss of capacity to make decisions and/or ability to communicate wishes to others. It only comes into effect if, and when, a person has lost such capacity.

The contemporaneous (at-the-time) decision of the individual always takes precedence whilst he or she has the mental capacity to make that decision.

Hierarchy:

[Retired] End of Life Care for All (e-ELCA) Public Access > Advance care planning

Created:

12 Jan 2018

Updated:

4 Aug 2021