Advance Care Planning – training and resources

Resources for health professionals

• Advance Care Planning e-Learning (external site)
• Advance Health Directive Guide for Health Professionals (PDF 740KB) Available by download as PDF only, not available in hard copy
• Advance care planning, A step-by-step guide for health care professionals assisting patients with chronic conditions to plan for care towards end of life (PDF 624KB) 
• Advance care planning, Cancer Council Western Australia (external Site)
• The Development of the ACP Guide for Health Professionals (PPT 6.15MB)
• Fact sheet (PDF 26.6KB)

Consumer resources and information

• Advance Care Planning e-Learning (external site)
• Advance Health Directive form (PDF 343KB) 
• Preparing an Advance Health Directive (PDF 2.41MB) 
• Advance Health Directives (Healthy WA)
• Appointing an Enduring Guardian (Healthy WA)
• Advance Care Planning, A Patient's Guide (PDF 795KB) 
• Advance Health Directive Alert Card (PDF 160KB) 
• Advance Care Plan Form (PDF 344KB) 
• Advance Health Directive and Enduring Power of Guardianship, a joint brochure (PDF 260KB)
• Advance Care Planning (Healthy WA)
• Fact sheet (PDF 26.6KB)

More information

Advance Health Directive

Office of the Chief Medical Officer

• Phone: 9222 2300
• Email: advance health directive
• Mail: PO Box 8172, Perth Business Centre, Perth WA 6849

Enduring Powers of Guardianship

Office of the Public Advocate

• Phone: 1300 858 455 (local call rates from land line only).
• Fax: 9278 7333
• Email: office of the public advocate

Hard copies of the above resources (except for the Advance Health Directive Guide for Health Professionals, available as PDF only) are available by phone 9222 2300 or email: acp@health.wa.gov.au