Advance Care Planning

Research indicates that, as of 2005, fewer than 30% of Americans have an advance directive.  Healthcare providers, attorneys, social service and aging organizations, faith communities, employers and families are starting to provide advance directive information/education to their constituents.  Caring Connections has developed resources to help communities explore advance care planning and promote the importance of expressing wishes for end-of-life care before a crisis.

Advance Care Planning Resources

• Advance Care Planning Ribbon Campaign - To focus national attention on the importance of end-of-life discussions, help raise awareness about the importance of advance care planning by wearing the white It's About How You LIVE Ribbon Pin.
  
• PowerPoints
  • Planning Ahead: Advance Directives and End-of-Life Decisions
  • Planning Ahead: Communicating End-of-Life Wishes
• Article (use as handout with 'Planning Ahead' PowerPoints and other presentations, publish in your newsletter/e-news, or distribute individually) 
  • Are You Traveling Without a Map? A Layperson's Guide to Advance Care Planning
• Bookmark
  • Template
• LIVE promise card [PDF]
• Wallet card
• Communicating End-of-Life Wishes [PDF]
• State-specific advance directives
• Advance Directive Licensing
• Planning Ahead Consumer Information
  
• Consumer brochures