Advance Care Planning Resources

The New York State Department of Health website contains information regarding Advance Care Planning . The website includes information pertinent to patients, families and providers. Frequently asked questions, information about making health care choices and choosing a health care agent as well as patient rights and responsibilities, can be found there.

Family Health Care Decisions Act
Family Health Care Decisions Act (FHCDA) is a law that allows family members to make decisions regarding medical treatment for their loved ones who have lost the ability to make such decisions and who have not prepared an advance directive stating their wishes. The law includes many safeguards to ensure that the patient receives sound medical treatment and that decisions are made consistent with the patient’s wishes and best interests.

In July of 2011, New York State passed a new law expanding the FHCDA to include decisions regarding hospice care. The law allows surrogates to make decisions regarding hospice care regardless of where the decision is made and where the hospice care is provided.

National Institute on Aging

Planning for Advanced Cancer Care
This booklet is designed to help people with advanced cancer and their family and caregivers understand the diagnosis and treatment options, discuss these options for care throughout the course of the illness, and find support.

PREPARE
PREPARE is an interactive website called that assists people to think through how health care decisions would be made if they are unable or unwilling to guide their own health care. The site is user friendly, easy to navigate, has helpful videos and a narrator for every aspect of advance care planning one should address. PREPARE walks you through an easy to follow five step process with content that is tailored to each person’s individual needs and preferences.

Respecting Choices:
Respecting Choices | Person-Centered Care

The Conversation Project:
The Conversation Project - Have You Had The Conversation?
TCP_StarterKit_Final.pdf (theconversationproject.org)
NYS Caregiver Guide 2021 (ACP page 60)
 
Vital Decisions
 
A Consumer's Guide to Arranging a Funeral (ny.gov)