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Advance care planning resources
These resources provide a directory of advance care planning (ACP) information to support you in this important process.
Getting started
ACP Information Packs
The Statewide Office of Advance Care Planning (ACP) can post a free Advance Care Planning Information Pack to you using the online order form.
Alternatively, instantly download the ACP Information Pack for Individuals .
The information pack includes:
- My Care, My Choices brochure
- Statement of Choices Form (A and B)
- Tips for completing Form A
- Tips for completing Form B
- Office of ACP information postcard
- Office of Public Guardian fact sheets about Enduring Power of Attorney, Advance Health Directives and Statutory Health Attorney.
ACP discussion starters
Resources have been developed to normalise early conversations about the end-of-life, rather than waiting until more time-critical or medical-focused discussions need to occur.
These resources can be found in the following links:
Witnessing EPOA/AHD documents
It is a legal requirement for your EPoA and AHD documents to be signed by you and witnessed by an eligible witness. The eligible witness must sign and date your EPoA and AHD documents.
An eligible witness is a person who is at least one of the following:
- a justice of the peace (JP)
- a commissioner for declarations (Cdec)
- a lawyer
- a notary public
You can search for your local area:
- Justices of the Peace or Commissioner for Declarations
- Lawyers
- Notary Publics at Society of Notaries and Notary locator
Local ACP contacts in your region
The Statewide Office of Advance Care Planning can help connect you to local ACP contacts in your region (where this is available).
Alternatively, you can contact ACP facilitators in the following areas:
- Gold Coast
- Metro North
- Metro South
- West Moreton - WM-ACP@health.qld.gov.au
ACP information for other states and territories
You can learn about ACP documents in other Australian jurisdictions on the Advance Care Planning Australia website.
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) resources
If you are a person who identifies with another culture, you may have specific views about advance care planning and care at the end of life. In Australia, all adults, regardless of where they were born or what culture they identify with, have the right to make decisions about their future medical care and to have those choices respected.
The My Care, My Choices brochure explains the advance care planning process in simple terms and is available in a wide range of languages.
Advance Care Planning Australia also has a range of translated resources available.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Advance Care Yarning
Advance care yarning is the process of letting others know about what you want for your future and ongoing health care.
- It can mean thinking, talking and deciding on what matters to you.
- It gives you a chance to let others know your wishes, values, beliefs and choices.
- This tells family and health care staff the information needed to respect your choices, your way, when you cannot speak for yourself.
Tailored resources developed with and for First Nations Queenslanders are now available to support advance care yarning.
- Advance care yarning brochure (PDF, 2.1MB)
- Order via WINC: Advance Care Yarning brochures (Pack 50) - Code: SW1262
- Advance care yarning videos:
For more information and resources about advance care yarning, visit:
- Advance care planning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples | Advance Care Planning
- Caring for your mob at the end of their life | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care - Health System - Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (ecu.edu.au)
My Statement of Choices
Advance Care Planning with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people requires culturally sensitive conversations.
To help consumers feel more comfortable having these conversations, the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service Consumer Advisory Committee, which is comprised of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, non-Indigenous and Mental Health consumers, worked with the Statewide Office of Advance Care Planning to adapt the Statement of Choices coversheet to be more user-friendly and explain the concept of Advance Care Planning from a culturally appropriate view.
Although the changes were made with Torres and Cape York consumers in mind, use of this version of the form by anyone, regardless of where they live—is welcomed.
LGBTIQA+ ACP resources
Advance care planning can help mitigate discrimination, particularly in ensuring that same-sex partners and other family members of choice are involved in end-of-life care and decision-making.
For people with capacity, this can be formalised by appointing a substitute decision-maker through an enduring power of attorney, or by completing an advance health directive.
Queensland Health is committed to ensuring care at the end of life is available to all LGBTIQ+ people with life-limiting conditions, their carers and family members of choice, and is accessible, inclusive and affirms their right to dignity, respect and confidentiality.
Read more at:
ACP for children and young people
Advance care planning provides an opportunity for children, young people, and their decision makers to think about their wishes and preferences for health care in the future, particularly if the child/young person is unwell.
Children and young people under 18 can participate in advance care planning; however, they cannot complete formal ACP documents, such as an Advance Health Directive or EPOA.
The Paediatric Palliative Care Service in Children’s Health Queensland can help with advance care planning. They can be contacted by Phone: (07) 3068 4699 or Email: ppcs@health.qld.gov.au.
Paediatric Statement of Choices
The Paediatric Statement of Choices is a values-based document used to record a child/young person’s views, wishes and preferences for their health care. Its purpose is to guide or inform those who need to make health care decisions when a child or young person is unable to make those decisions for themselves. It is not legally binding and does not provide consent to health care in advance.
There are two different forms for the Paediatric Statement of Choices:
- Form A – is used by a young person with decision-making competence.
- Form B – is used by parents (or guardian/delegated officer) of a child or a young person requiring support with decision-making.
Form A
Form B
Other related resources
- Office of the Public Guardian
- ADA Australia — aged and disability advocates
- Caxton Legal Centre — free legal help for people who are disadvantaged or on a low income
- The Public Advocate — advance care planning
- The Public Trustee Queensland
- Community Legal Centres Queensland
- Donate life