Resources

The Advance Care Planning Australia (ACPA) website offers animations and free webinars and has a section for health and care workers including topics:

• What do I need to know about advance care planning?
• What is my role?
• Legal implications
• Advance care planning in various settings
• How do I start the conversation?
• Help someone start a plan

The ACPA website also provides broad information and resources related to advance care planning. Here are additional quick links from the ACPA website:

• ACP Factsheet/handout(133kb pdf)
• ACP Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page
• Roles and responsibilities in advance care planning in community aged care 
• Links to resources on advanced care planning in palliative care
• ACP summary for healthcare professionals
• Advance care planning case studies to assist with ACP learning and provide examples on how to start talking about advance care planning with clients and their families.
• Information and forms on advance care plan documents for Australian states and territories.

LASA developed a resource called Making Choices for Life. One of the learning modules is on Advance Care Directives: Supporting an individual client’s preferences for quality of life choices, applying an ethical-legal framework. The module includes a short educational video and a factsheet.(190kb pdf)

The End of Life Law Toolkit provides practical information about the law at end of life for the aged care sector.