Do you have an advance care plan?
Advance care planning ensures your wishes are known by your family, friends and doctors. This becomes especially important if you ever have a serious illness or injury and are unable to communicate.
Advance care planning can help you
- Understand your treatment options
- Define your health care goals
- Weigh your options about the care and treatment you may want
- Choose a health care agent and/or complete an advance directive
- Your health care agent is the person you choose to speak for you if you become injured or ill and unable to communicate.
- An advance directive lets loved ones or a doctor know your wishes regarding medical treatment. It often includes a living will.
More information about advance care planning in available online
Source: UW Health Patient Guides, “Make Your Own Health Care Choices”, (accessed June 23, 2022), available at UWHealth.org.
