Advance Care Planning

An accident or medical crisis can happen to anyone, of any age, at any time.

 

Advance care planning (ACP) is a process of thinking ahead about the type of health and personal care decisions you would want to be made on your behalf if you became ill or injured and were unable to speak for yourself. 

Making an ACP involves understanding who would be asked to make decisions for you and putting documentation in place to ensure the right person will be able to represent you. If you have underlying health conditions, it means talking to your doctors to understand what medical decisions you may face in the future. It means having conversations with your family and decision maker(s) to ensure they understand what you would want and can honour your wishes in the future.

Have You Picked Up Your Green Sleeve?

Think of the Green Sleeve as your healthcare passport, a place to store your medical information and advance care planning (ACP) documents.

Once you’ve picked up your Green Sleeve package from your doctor’s office or our Coast Hospice offices in Davis Bay, please register with us so we can provide further assistance.

We Help Coast Residents with Advance Care Planning

  • Personalised Support

    Volunteers can meet one-on-one with residents to review the steps to developing an advance care plan and completing a Green Sleeve package.

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  • Workshops

    We hold regular advance care planning workshops in the community, and can also deliver customized workshops to local organizations and groups.

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 Tools and Resources

Attend Workshops and Events

The one thing we know about life is that, at some point, we are all going to die.

Advance care planning helps you have a say in the health care you would like to receive if you get very sick and cannot speak for yourself.  Together we explore the steps involved in making an Advance Care Plan (ACP) and we review the inserts in the Green Sleeve packages.

These are interactive sessions with the goal of providing opportunities for participants to develop their own ACP.

 

Fill Out the Forms

Your Green Sleeve includes a cover sheet and the documents below. Ask your doctor or pharmacist to give you a complete list of your medications and include those as well.

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