Advance Care Planning

Advance care planning can improve patient satisfaction and health outcomes when healthcare providers take a unified, informed approach.

Studies show that advance care planning conversations lead to fewer hospital admissions at the end of life, increased enrollment in hospice care, and a higher likelihood of the person dying in the setting of their choice.

Advance care planning is much more than asking, ‘Do you have a living will or other advance directive?’ As a caregiver, learn to have difficult conversations surrounding end-of-life issues.