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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) Health professional guide to advance care planning in Western Australia. Features two people talking in one bubble and a picture of a clinician in another. Title of the document is white on a blue to purple gradient
    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. 

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

Education sessions

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 information and resources

  • Department of Health WA Advance Care Planning Information Line
    General enquiries and to order free advance care planning resources  (e.g. Advance Health Directives, Values and Preferences form)
    Phone: 9222 2300
    Email: ACP@health.wa.gov.au

Workshops and help with completing documents

  • Palliative Care WA – Advance care planning workshops and support 
    Provides free advance care planning community workshops and the Advance Care Planning Support Service for help with completing documents
    Phone: 1300 551 704 (9:00 am to 5:00 pm Mon to Fri)
    Email: info@palliativecarewa.asn.au
    Palliative Care WA (external site)

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