Advance care planning support

Statewide Office of Advance Care Planning

The Statewide Office of Advance Care Planning offers free information and support for patients, families, carers, and health professionals in Queensland.

They can help you:

• understand advance care planning, forms and processes
• find resources to help you talk to your family, attorneys and health professionals about your wishes
• connect with support services in your area
• check your documents are complete and properly signed or witnessed
• upload your documents to the Queensland Health electronic hospital record (The Viewer).

You can send them copies of the following for upload:

• advance health directive
• enduring power of attorney
• statement of choices
• revocation documents
• QCAT decisions (Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal).

They'll check the documents are complete and meet the criteria for upload. They can't give legal advice about your documents. If you're not sure about something get independent legal advice.

You can find support for health professionals on the Queensland Health website.

Statewide Office of Advance Care Planning

• Phone: 1300 007 227
• Email: acp@health.qld.gov.au
• Fax: 1300 008 227
• Post: PO Box 2274, Runcorn QLD 4113

Hospital and community contacts

These health services have specialist nurses who can support you with advance care planning, which forms to fill in, and help you share your documents with the Statewide Office of Advance Care Planning.

• Gold Coast
• Metro North
• Metro South
• West Moreton – email WM-ACP@health.qld.gov.au

National contacts

You can learn about advance care planning laws and documents in other states and territories on the Advance Care Planning Australia website.

National Advance Care Planning Support Service

• Phone: 1300 208 582
• Email: acpa@advancecareplanning.org.au

Order an advance care planning information pack

We can post you a free pack with the following printed forms and information.

• My Care, My Choices brochure
• Statement of choices forms (Form A and Form B)
• Statement of choices help guides
• Advance health directive fact sheet
• Enduring power of attorney fact sheet
• Statutory health attorney fact sheet

You can order the information pack using our online form, or download a copy (PDF, 6.8 MB) .

Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

We have resources to help First Nations peoples with advance care planning.

Read the advance care yarning brochure (PDF, 3 MB) or watch the videos on Vimeo to hear from First Nations people in Queensland.

• Advance care yarning – your care, your choice, your belonging
• Advance care yarning – forms to support you
• Advance care yarning – a family story

Learn more about caring for your mob at the end of the life on the Australian Government website.

Support for LGBTQIA+ people

We support the rights of LGBTQIA+ people to inclusive health care, dignity, respect and confidentiality.

Advance care planning can help you get the health care you want if you can't speak for yourself. It can help you make sure your chosen family are involved in decisions about your health and end of life care.

Learn more about health care planning for the LGBTQIA+ community.

Support for children and young people under 18

The Paediatric Palliative Care Service at the Queensland Children's Hospital can help with advance care planning for people under 18. You can also watch the paediatric advance care planning video on Vimeo to learn more.

Paediatric Palliative Care Service

• Phone: 07 3068 4699
• Email: ppcs@health.qld.gov.au

Legal support and advocacy

The following Queensland Government websites have information and support to help with advance care planning and laws.

• Office of the Public Guardian
• The Public Advocate
• The Public Trustee Queensland

You can also get free legal help and advocacy services through the following websites.

• ADA Australia
• Caxton Legal Centre
• Community Legal Centres Queensland

Information and support for organ donation is available on the DonateLife website.