Are your family all on the same page?

Do you know what end-of-life care your mum, dad, spouse or partner would want?

Do you and other family members have a readily available copy of their wishes in case of an emergency?

Do you all have access to the same, up-to-date copy?

What is Advance Care Planning and how does Touchstone Life Care help you and your family?

Advance care planning is an ongoing process of thinking about, discussing, documenting and sharing your wishes for your own future medical care.

Good advance care planning means that if others have to make decisions about your care in the future they will have an accurate and current copy of your wishes.

You can find out more at www.advancecareplanning.org.au
And you can speak to your lawyer or doctor.
When you have completed your plan or a directive, use the Touchstone Life Care system to share it securely with the people you choose, including your family, appointed decision makers, care network, legal representative and My Health Record.
Your unique QR code can be kept in your wallet or on your fridge for scanning in an emergency.
If you change your mind or update your form, we’ll make sure everyone is notified and has the new form on their phone, email or in their IT system.

Your family will thank you for it.

"I can't believe that him scrolling the questionnaire on his phone on a sunny afternoon 2 years ago would become so important. We very much wanted to respect his wishes and help the doctors understand the life he wanted. The trauma team were so impressed that he had this readily available and easy to read plan, and were able to make decisions based on this. I very much recommend that everyone has a Touchstone Life Care plan as the decision making for his care was made so much easier."

I live in Australia, my sister lives in New Zealand and my brother lives in the UK. This would have been so useful when our dad passed away 4 years ago. Knowing what he wanted would really have made a difference.

My mum nearly lost her life last year. Her aged care facility gave a copy of her Advance Care Directive to the ambulance staff but it got lost somewhere along the way. She’d put so much careful thought into that plan and it was heartbreaking to realise it was totally useless when it was most needed.

Dad had a paper advance care plan in place. But it turned out he’d ticked ‘yes’ he wanted CPR and ‘yes’ to Do Not Resuscitate so his doctors didn’t know what to do when he went into cardiac arrest and neither did I. It was horrible.

My dad and I did our questionnaires together. It got us talking about things we had never discussed before. It was so easy.

How does Touchstone Life Care help manage Advance Care Planning for families?

Integrated with aged care provider systems across Australia.
Shares an individual's choice of advance care planning documents with those people involved in their care, including chosen family members.
Family members have the same plan as aged care providers and doctors.
All chosen contacts have the same version of the plan, even if it is updated.
Provides a QR code that can be scanned in an emergency.

How do you open a discussion
about end-of-life care?

You’re convinced it would be a good idea for your loved one to have an advance care plan in place – how do you broach the topic with them?

To help you get started, here is our advice.

We hope this helps you start an important conversation.

Are your family all on the same page?

What is Advance Care Planning and how does Touchstone Life Care help you and your family?

Your family will thank you for it.

How does Touchstone Life Care help manage Advance Care Planning for families?

How do you open a discussion
about end-of-life care?

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What is Advance Care Planning and how does Touchstone Life Care help you and your family?

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