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Comparing Palliative Care and Hospice - Click Here to view the Decision Aid

Click here to learn more about Advance Care Planning at UCHealth

For some individuals, the need for advance care planning may be immediate. If you find yourself in a hospital and are in need of advance care planning documents, the roadmap may be a helpful place to start. Most hospitals can also provide you with advance care directives that can be filled out while you are hospitalized.

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In the VA health care system, in a medical crisis, the doctors will speak with your next of kin. It is important to complete a Medical Durable Power of Attorney form to select the person you want to speak on your behalf, unless you want the default selection process in the following order of priority: Health Care Agent; legal guardian or special guardian; next-of-kin (the next-of-kin is a relative, 18 years of age or older, in the following order of priority: spouse, adult child, parent, sibling, grandparent, and grandchild); close friend.

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Click Here to access a VA Advance Directive: Durable Power of Attorney for Health care and Living Will

Click here to learn more about VA Geriatrics and Extended Care

While the documents remain the same, learn more about the importance of conversations and writing down your wishes.

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Click Here to access the LGBTQ+ Advance Care Planning Toolkit

Welcome to Colorado! Check out the Roadmap for documents and information pertaining to Colorado. Also consider discussing any previous out-of-state documents with a medical provider or legal representative. We encourage you to bring copies of advance directive documents to your current healthcare providers.

Read about talking with adult children about your plans for final years of life in a sample chapter from the book “The Other Talk” by Tim Prosch.

Click Here to read a sample chapter of The Other Talk

It’s very important that people with memory issues make their own decisions while they can. The advance directives remain the same. Learn more about ways to ensure you or your loved one’s wishes are discussed, legally written down, and carried out.

Click Here for a resource around discussing your wishes in the midst of Alzheimer’s

For the Caregiver - Click Here for a resource around Planning Ahead

For the Caregiver - Click Here to access Your Conversation Starter Kit: For Families and Loved Ones of People with Alzheimer's Disease or Other Forms of Dementia

For the Caregiver - Click Here to view End-of-Life Decisions: Honoring the Wishes of a Person with Alzheimer's Disease

You are playing an essential role in the care of an older adult. You can find appropriate Colorado-specific advance directives on the Roadmap. Learn how you can prepare yourself for your caregiving role and help with advance care planning.

Click Here to View the AARP Family Caregiving Guide

Learn strategies and testimonies of an extremely difficult conversation.

Click Here to view the Child Conversations guide

Learn about guardianship and how it coincides with advance care planning.

Click Here to view Frequently Asked Questions by the Guardianship Alliance of Colorado

Colorado does not have specific Psychiatric Advance Directive forms. Learn more here.

Click Here to learn more about Psychiatric Advance Directives

Click Here to access the Spanish Resource Guide for Care Partners: Dementia Care - Colorado

Click Here to access the English Resource Guide for Care Partners: Dementia Care – Colorado

Learn more on how to have advance care planning conversation with those you lead in your faith community.

Click Here to access Help them Talk: The Vital Role of Faith Communities in The Conversation Project