For Patients Advance Care Planning Introduction & Instructions Toolkit: Glossary, Guide & Examples At St. Joseph Health, Humboldt County, we support an individual’s right to choose the care they want. Our Ethical Directives of Catholic Healthcare call on us to respect the dignity of each person. Advance Care Planning (ACP) encourages patients and families to talk about and document their care preferences in advance to ensure that the care they receive is aligned with their goals, values, and priorities. We have provided resources for you and your family to help you have the conversation and document your wishes in writing. You can download a California Advance Directive in English as well as several other languages. In addition, there is a link to provide you with Advance Directives for other States. If you or your loved one is seriously ill you may want to consider completing a POLST (Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment) with your physician. Having these conversations with your family, loved ones and physician are so important. Take a look at the Advance Directive Tool Kit below to see what tools are available to help you have the conversation. We know that participating in advance care planning improves end-of-life care for both the patient and their family. Let's start talking! Advance Directive Tool Kit Learn how to make decisions about the care you would want to receive if you become unable to speak for yourself. Download a copy of Providence St. Joseph Health Advance Directive tool kit to assist you and your family in having the conversation, selecting a health care decision maker and completing an Advance Directive. Advance Directive Forms California Advance Health Care Directive Forms English Spanish Other Languages Armenian with English Translation Chinese with English Translation Korean with English Translation Russian with English Translation Tagalog with English Translation Vietnamese Vietnamese with English Translation Advance Directive for Individuals with Disabilities Easy to Read Advance Directive Psychiatric Advance Directives National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Five Wishes Five Wishes serves as an Advance Directive and is a legally-valid tool available for your use. Five Wishes helps ensure your wishes, and those of your loved ones, will be respected-even if you cannot speak for yourself. www.fivewishes.org www.agingwithdignity.org POLST (Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment) A new law effective 1/1/16 allows Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants to sign the California POLST form. The form is now available in ENGLISH and will be available in other languages later in January 2016. For more information visit www.capolst.org Click here for more information and to download a copy of the POLST in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Farsi, Armenian, Russian, Tagalog and Hmong. POLST Forms Click here to download a 2016 California POLST form in English. How to Get Started The Center for Advance Care Planning and Advocacy The best time to start the conversation about the kind of care you’d want if you were in an accident or became seriously ill is now. The Center for Advance Care Planning and Advocacy is dedicated to engaging the community and health care providers in conversations about what matters and ensuring that our patient’s care preferences are honored. We can help you think about the care you’d want, talk to your loved ones about your decisions, choose your advocate andcompletean advance directive. For additional resources, please visit our website atwww.talkaboutwhatmatters.org Start the Conversation with these Four Steps: THINK- about your values, goals and care preferences if you were to become seriously ill TALK - to your loved ones about these care preferences CHOOSE - someone to speak for you if you can’t speak for yourself COMPLETE - an Advance Directive