Advance care planning training and resources
Advance care planning training and resources
Important information
- Health Professional Guide to Advance Care Planning in WA (PDF 1.5MB)
A detailed guide outlining the role health professionals can play in supporting people through the advance care planning process.
- The Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 (external site)
The Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 provides a legislative basis for people to plan for how personal, lifestyle and treatment decisions should be made on their behalf in the future if they are unable to make reasonable judgments about these matters for themselves. The Regulations (external site) were amended in July 2022 and include a revised Advance Health Directive form that:
- includes the individual’s values and preferences, in addition to treatment decisions
- combines tick box and free text questions
- provides more guidance and examples
- includes consent to medical research.
- Hierarchy of treatment decision-makers (PDF 1.6MB)
When seeking a treatment decision for a person who lacks the capacity to make their own judgements, health professionals must follow a set order of decision-makers, as specified in Section 110ZJ and 110ZD of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 (the Act). This is summarised by the Hierarchy of treatment decision-makers.
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Final Report: Review of ACP resources for priority populations (PDF 2MB)
This review, conducted by Nous Group on behalf of the Department of Health WA, identified 63 recommendations to address the additional barriers that 6 priority groups face and how to better support them in undertaking ACP. Although primarily related to the Department of Health WA’s ACP related resources, several recommendations have broader relevance and applicability to other organisations.
Policies and frameworks
Education and training resources
Videos of the advance care planing process
From Advance Care Planning Australia
Advance Health Directive
Aged care
Communication
Decision making for someone else
Dementia
General practice
Goals of care
Legislation
LGBTIQ+
Tools for education providers
Community education sessions
Palliative Care WA delivers free, informative and interactive community workshops on advance care planning and palliative care in Perth and regional WA. Workshops are run in person or online. For more information or to book a workshop visit Palliative Care WA (external site).
Health professional education sessions
Cancer Council WA’s Palliative and Supportive Education Program (PaSCE)
A number of subsidised and free education opportunities that can be accessed by creating a login to their online learning management portal (external site). This includes recordings of a series of advance care planning webinars targeting 5 different care settings.
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners webinar recordings
Information for consumers
Introductory information
Guided workbook
Advance care planning documents
Advance Health Directive
Guide to making an Advance Health Directive videos
Other documents
Order resources
Resources for Aboriginal people
Resources in other languages
Monitoring and auditing resources
Where to get help
Advance care planning
- Department of Health WA Advance Care Planning Information Line
General queries and to order advance care planning resources and documents (e.g. Advance Health Directives)
Phone: 9222 2300
Email: ACP@health.wa.gov.au
- Palliative Care WA – Advance care planning workshops and support
Free information, workshops and support with advance care planning for the community
Phone: 1300 551 704 (9:00 am to 5:00 pm every day)
Email: info@palliativecarewa.asn.au
Palliative Care WA (external site)
- National Advance Care Planning Free Support Service
General queries and support with completing advance care planning documents
Phone: 1300 208 582
Online referral form (external site)
Enduring Powers of Guardianship and Enduring Powers of Attorney
Last reviewed: 20-10-2021
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