Advance Care Planning
Honour every resident’s wishes.
Advance care planning ensures resident wishes are documented, accessible, and respected when critical decisions need to be made. Statura Care’s Advance Care Planning module manages directives, goals of care, palliative plans, and ACP conversations in one place — so the right information is available at the right time.
The Challenge
Advance care planning documents are often paper-based and stored inconsistently, making it difficult to ensure resident wishes are accessible when critical decisions need to be made. In an emergency, staff need instant access to directives — not a search through filing cabinets.
Key Capabilities
What the Advance Care Planning module does.
Advance Directive Management
Record and store advance care directives with type, effective date, review date, and document uploads. Expiry monitoring ensures directives are reviewed and renewed on schedule.
Goals of Care Documentation
Document goals of care conversations with the resident, family, and clinical team. Track agreed goals, review dates, and any changes over time.
Palliative Care Plans
Create structured palliative care plans with phase tracking (stable, unstable, deteriorating, terminal). Link to symptom management, comfort measures, and family communication plans.
ACP Conversation Records
Log every ACP conversation with date, participants, topics discussed, decisions made, and next steps. Build a chronological record of the resident’s evolving wishes.
Coverage Reporting
Track ACP coverage across your facility — which residents have current directives, which need review, and which have no ACP documentation at all.
Regulatory Requirements
What the law requires.
The Aged Care Act 2024 (Chapter 2) sets specific obligations that this module helps you meet systematically.
Documented Wishes
Providers must support residents to make and document their advance care wishes.
Accessible Records
Advance care documents must be readily accessible to clinical staff when decisions need to be made.
Regular Review
Advance care plans should be reviewed regularly and when circumstances change.
Works With
Better together.
When modules work together, intelligence compounds. Advance Care Planning integrates with these modules for a complete compliance picture.
Resident Registry
Advance directives and substitute decision-maker details link to the resident’s master record.
Clinical Care
Care plans reference advance directives to ensure clinical decisions align with resident wishes.
Family Portal
Family members can view ACP status and participate in goals of care conversations.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is advance care planning and why does it matter in aged care?
Advance care planning ensures a resident's wishes about future care are documented, accessible, and respected when critical decisions need to be made — particularly if the resident can no longer communicate. Without it, staff and families face difficult decisions without guidance.
How does the module support palliative care?
Structured palliative care plans include phase tracking (stable, unstable, deteriorating, terminal), symptom management protocols, comfort measures, and family communication plans. Phase changes trigger care plan reviews so clinical responses stay aligned with the resident's condition.
Can families participate in advance care planning?
Yes. Family members can view ACP status through the Family Portal and be included in goals of care conversations. Every conversation is logged with date, participants, topics discussed, decisions made, and next steps to build a chronological record.
See Advance Care Planning in action.
Request a personalised demo of the Advance Care Planning module tailored to your organisation.
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