Living well discussions advance directives

GPs develop ongoing and trusted relationships with their patients and are well positioned to initiate and promote Advance Care Planning (ACP) and to encourage patients to appoint Enduring Powers of Attorney, Financial, Medical and Guardian.

The goal of Living Well Discussions is to elicit the patient's perspective regarding how they want to spend their remaining time. Treatment decisions can then be discussed within this broader context of patient goals and hopes. Treatments become tools for achieving patient goals.