If you faced a healthcare emergency today that made you unable to communicate, would your doctors and loved ones know your medical wishes?
Sharing healthcare wishes with loved ones is a valuable gift to those closest to you.
A Trusted Source in Healthcare Advance Care Planning for the Black Community
What is ACP?
ACP or Advance Care Planning is thinking ahead about the type of medical and healthcare decisions you would want made for you in the future, especially if you are seriously ill.
There are just 3 key steps for Advance Care Planning:
1. Consider your healthcare preferences.
- Talk to your health care team and loved ones, and have periodic discussions about what you would want done for you if you are unable to express those wishes for yourself.
- Follow our Resource Guides to help get these conversations started.
2. Select your healthcare advocate.
- Decide who you want as your proxy or health care agent, the person who makes medical decisions for you if you are unable to.
- “Who do I trust to make my health care choices if I can’t?” Record his or her name and communicate with them about your choice.
2. Select your healthcare advocate.
- Decide who you want as your proxy or health care agent, the person who makes medical decisions for you if you are unable to.
- “Who do I trust to make my health care choices if I can’t?” Record his or her name and communicate with them about your choice.
3. Document your decisions.
- Download your state’s Advance Directive form.
- You can store the information online at https://mydirectives.com/
Get started now! Download our conversational resource guides to help you think about and make a plan regarding your health care during a medical illness. These simple guidelines will walk you through the process, offering helpful suggestions on how to approach these conversations. After that, download, complete, and submit the Advance Directive form for your state.
Watch and Listen
Community Dialogue: COVID-19 Impact on African Americans & The Importance of Exploring Goals of Care
Communities of color are being disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this webinar, Dr. Gloria Thomas Anderson explores how the pandemic affects African-American end-of-life health care decisions.
Practical Conversation: The Importance of Advance Care Planning
Dr. Shahid Aziz, Montgomery Hospice pediatric team physician, discusses the purpose and process of ACP and Advance Directives in easing the burden of decision making during difficult health situations.
