Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a communication process that support adults at any age or stage of health in understanding and sharing their personal values, goals, and preferences for future medical care. Its purpose is to ensure that people receive medical care that aligns with their values, goals, and preferences during periods of severe and chronic illness.
Furthermore, it involves communication for end-of-life care, allowing individuals to plan and decide in advance the type of care and support they desire when they lose mental capacity in the future. Through communication, family members or caregivers, healthcare professionals, and facilitators gain an understanding of the individual's decisions regarding care, medical treatment, financial matters, and end-of-life arrangements, as well as their relevant personal values, goals, and beliefs, to assist in executing the plan. This type of communication also enables individuals to rediscover what matters most to them and seize opportunities to fulfill their wishes.
Forget Thee Not
Forget Thee Not engages the public to rethink the meaning of life through education, advocacy and practical implementation of plans to ensure the best possible transition.
Forget Thee Not
Forget Thee Not engages the public to rethink the meaning of life through education, advocacy and practical implementation of plans to ensure the best possible transition. They advocate for proactive planning approaches to address the challenges of end-of-life journeys, using tools such as advance directive, caring plan, funerals and related instructions. If an individual, ailing or otherwise, unexpectedly becomes unconscious and/or unable to recover, their family members and doctors can follow their expressed preferences to make the appropriate arrangements for their transition. In this way, the patient can live their final moments with the greatest dignity.
Services include：
- Advance Care Planning
- Community service and care programs for the elderly and long-term patients (Sham Shui Po, Wong Tai Sin, Tseung Kwan O)
*The information provided is translated and may not be entirely accurate or reliable.
Hospital Authority
In the Hospital Authority setting, ACP and AD are mainly for patients with advanced irreversible illnesses. For people without advanced irreversible illnesses, it is not easy for them to make decisions and sign an AD applicable to conditions other than being in a persistent vegetative state or in an irreversible coma.
Hospital Authority
In the Hospital Authority setting, ACP and AD are mainly for patients with advanced irreversible illnesses. For people without advanced irreversible illnesses, it is not easy for them to make decisions and sign an AD applicable to conditions other than being in a persistent vegetative state or in an irreversible coma.
If a relatively healthy patient asks for an ACP in HA, the doctor may ask the patient to seek help from non-government organizations or the private sector.
Hong Kong Life and Death Studies Association
Hong Kong Life and Death Studies Association is a charitable organization that was established in 2018. Over the years, it has been dedicated to promoting life and death education to the community through various means and providing professional training.
Hong Kong Life and Death Studies Association
Hong Kong Life and Death Studies Association is a charitable organization that was established in 2018. Over the years, it has been dedicated to promoting life and death education to the community through various means and providing professional training. Additionally, the organization offers professional consultation on end-of-life care planning and emotional counseling services to terminally ill patients and bereaved families.
*The information provided is translated and may not be entirely accurate or reliable.
Hong Kong Family Welfare Society
Hong Kong Family Welfare Society started to kick off Advance Care Planning Project since 2017. This project aims to enhance service users' understanding on advance care planning and preparing for their end of life so as to reduce regret and family distress.
Hong Kong Family Welfare Society
Hong Kong Family Welfare Society started to kick off Advance Care Planning Project since 2017. This project aims to enhance service users' understanding on advance care planning and preparing for their end of life so as to reduce regret and family distress.
Service Delivery:
- Advance Care Planning Casework Service: Assist elders to formulate advance care plan, facilitate family communication and make referral of related services