People often need help to develop an Advance Care Plan that will guide their medical treatment and care.
Advance Care Planning Forms can be found on the Victorian Department of Health's website. Below is a description of forms that are often used in the Advance Care Planning process.
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HERE to access the forms for your patients.
The Advance Care Directive document allows an adult to record their preferences for future medical treatment, should they lose decision-making capacity
The Medical Treatment Decision Maker document allows a patient to formally appoint a medical treatment decision maker, who will have legal authority to make medical treatment decisions on their behalf, should they become unable to do so
This Support Person form allows a patient to appoint a support person to assist them make, communicate and give effect to medical treatment decisions.
Health professionals should encourage patients to share copies of Advance Care Planning documents with:
New functionality allows GPs using BP software to upload ACP documents to My Health Record for their patient's Best Practice Factsheet.
Instructions for patient upload on the My Health Record website.
Make Advance Care Planning part of routine care
We've created a one page flyer outlining reasons to discuss Advance Care Planning with your patients in general practice.
This one pager covers when, where and how to discuss Advance Care Planning. The flyer also includes information MBS billing information as relevant to ACP.
Recording of SEMPHN & Monash Health ACP Webinar
Learn more about Advance Care Planning by watching a webinar hosted by Jenny Pace, a Shared Decision Making Team Leader at Monash Health.
Advance Care Planning (ACP) services located in Local Hospital Networks's in the SEMPHN region are committed to supporting General Practices with Advance Care Planning.
We encourage practices to link directly with the friendly ACP service teams at Alfred Health, Monash Health and Peninsula Health for expert advice, local information and support.
General practices can also request an information session for practice staff.
Please click on the links below for further information and contact details for your local ACP service.
Advance Care Planning Australia is a national program funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, helping people make the best choices for their life and health care. Advance Care Planning Australia also have resources available in 18 other languages.
The MyValues website is a set of specially constructed statements designed to help people identify, consider and communicate their wishes about the medical treatment they would want in the later stages of life.
Dementia Australia’s Planning ahead – Start2Talk website provides Advance Care Planning resources and help for people with dementia, or the carers and health professionals caring for them.
Provides practical, evidence-based resources and training that empower aged and primary care professionals to initiate advance care planning and palliative care.
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