Planning for your future health care

Advance care planning is the process of giving information to others about your health care choices in case illness or injury prevents you from telling them yourself.

Talk with members of your care circle (family, friends or others close to you) about your health care choices. This is a time for you to share:

• what kind of care and treatment you do or do not want
• your wishes, goals and values and how they relate to your health care choices for the future

You can put your health care choices in writing by creating a health care directive. Members of your care circle and your health care providers will use this document to interpret and understand your wishes, goals and values for your future health care needs.