References
This section includes all the resources referenced throughout this site as well as additional resources on related topics.
Advance care planning resources for the public
Advance care planning - Covenant Palliative Institute
- What Matters to You? brochure
- My Wishes Alberta workbook
Advance Care Planning - MyHealth Alberta
Planning ahead: preparing legal documents in Alberta
- Personal directive – Health and personal planning
- Personal directive template and instructions
- Supported decision-making - Process for a capable adult who wants help making personal decisions to appoint a supporter
- Enduring power of attorney – Financial planning
- Wills in Alberta – Estate planning
Provincial legislation
- Personal Directives Act,RSA 2000, c P-6
- Personal Directives Regulation,Alta Reg 99/2008
- Personal Directives (Ministerial) Regulation, Alta Reg 26/1998
Capacity assessments and enactment of personal directives
- About capacity assessment
- Forms for capacity assessors
- Personal and Financial Decision-Making: Toolkit for Frontline Staff
- Decision-making capacity assessment
- Also see: Additional information for healthcare providers
Other types of substitute decision-making
- Specific decision-making – Process for a relative to make one-time health/personal decisions for an adult who lacks capacity and has no agent or guardian.
- Adult guardianship – Process to become a guardian for an adult who does not have an agent and lacks capacity to make health/personal decisions.
- Trusteeship – Process to become a trustee for an adult who does not have an enduring power of attorney and lacks capacity to make financial decisions.
Healthcare policies and procedures
- Advance Care Planning and Goals of Care Designation Policy - Alberta Health Services
- Advance Care Planning and Goals of Care Designation Policy - Covenant Health
- Policy on Advance Care Planning - Canadian Medical Association
Additional information for healthcare providers
- Advance Care Planning/Goals of Care Designation Connect Care quick start guide
- Advance Care Planning/Goals of Care: Information for Health Professionals
- Advance Care Planning/Goals of Care Designation e-learning module
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Health Law FAQ: Personal Directives Manual
- Resources for legal profesionals
- Supporting Choice: A Practical Guide to Advance Care Planning with Supported Decision-Making for Healthcare Professionals
- What to do when a patient brings their Green Sleeve
Resources to support conversations about serious illness
- 5 Simple Phrases to Transform Conversations with Seriously Ill Patients
- Illness Roadmaps
- Part 1: Serious Illness Communication
- Part 2: The Serious Illness Conversation Guide
- Part 3: Implementing Serious Illness Communication
- Preparing or Deciding: Simplifying serious illness communication
- Questions to ask yourself that make difficult conversations about serious illness easier
- Serious Illness Conversation Guide
- Serious Illness Conversation Guide (Revised)
- Serious Illness Care Program: Reference Guide for Clinicians
Related academic articles
- Deconstructing the Complexities of Advance Care Planning Outcomes: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go? A Scoping Review
- Defining Advance Care Planning for Adults: A Consensus Definition from a Multidisciplinary Delphi Panel
- Overview of Systematic Reviews of Advance Care Planning: Summary of Evidence and Global Lessons
- Simplifying Serious Illness Communication: Preparing or Deciding
- The ACP-ASC model: A comprehensive behaviour change model for advance care planning based on the Stages of Change model