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No matter how your health is today, it’s important to think about the future and the type of healthcare you’d like to have. This may mean having conversations and making decisions with your loved ones and care team. Watch videos and read stories to learn more about the basics of advance care planning and the impact it has. You’ll hear and read the stories of real people who have gone through the process. Find out how advance care planning can bring peace of mind to you and the people close to you.

An Overview of Advance Care Planning

Learn about the 5 steps of advance care planning and why it's best to make your plan before you need it.

Goals of Care Designations

Watch this video to learn about a Goals of Care Designation. This is a medical order that guides the general focus of your care.


Green Sleeve

Learn about the Green Sleeve, which is the best way to keep all your important advance care planning documents in one place.


Writing Your Personal Directive (Breaking Down 10 Barriers)

Watch this video to learn about writing your personal directive. It’s easier than you think.


A Healthcare Provider Talks about Advance Care Planning

A cancer doctor explains why it's important to talk to your healthcare provider and loved ones so they understand your Goals of Care Designation.


Cancer and Advance Care Planning (No Fear, No Regrets)

Mike talks about how advance care planning helped their family from the time his wife was diagnosed with cancer to the final stages of her illness.

The Benefits of Having an Advance Care Plan

Deb talks about how her mother’s advance care plan helped her family make decisions so her mother could get the right care according to her wishes.


A Paramedic Talks about Advance Care Planning

Why advance care planning is important, and how the documents in your Green Sleeve help healthcare providers make the treatment decisions that you would want.


Chronic Illness and Advance Care Planning

Watch a person with a long-term illness talk about how advance care planning isn’t easy. But it’s a valuable process to go through that helps ease the stress on you and your loved ones in case you get very sick.


Peace of Mind with Advance Care Planning

Alice talks about the benefits of having a personal directive and a Goals of Care Designation in place when she had a health crisis.​

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