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Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN)
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Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN)
Who We Are
Health Professionals
Community
Our Role and Impact
Working With Us
Who We Are
Health Professionals
Community
Our Role and Impact
Working With Us
Making health care decisions for others 
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Making health care decisions for others 

A practical guide for family members, carers and other substitute decision-makers who may need to make health care decisions for someone who no longer has decision-making capacity.

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Advance Care Plans vs Advance Care Directives
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Advance Care Plans vs Advance Care Directives

When someone is diagnosed with a life-limiting condition, knowing the difference between these two can make a big impact on future care.

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CareSearch
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CareSearch

When you have a life-limiting illness there are things to consider, this could be for you or for those around you. There is information here that can help in making informed choices.

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Palliative Care Australia - Discussion starters
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Palliative Care Australia - Discussion starters

These resources have been developed to help Australians work out what’s right for them if they were to become very sick or at the end of their lives.

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Advance Care Planning Australia
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Advance Care Planning Australia

Advance Care Planning is a voluntary process of planning for future health and personal care whereby a person makes their beliefs, values and preferences known so they can be used to guide future decision-making.

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Advance Care Planning Australia - Other languages
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Advance Care Planning Australia - Other languages

Information about advance care planning is also available in other languages.

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NSW Health - Making an Advance Care Directive
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NSW Health - Making an Advance Care Directive

Having an Advance Care Directive will make it easier for your loved ones and health staff if they need to make decisions for you.

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Uploading your Advanced Care Plan to My Health Record
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Uploading your Advanced Care Plan to My Health Record

Find out what an advance care plan is and how to upload an advance care plan through myGov.

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Service NSW - Appoint an Enduring Guardian
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Service NSW - Appoint an Enduring Guardian

An Enduring Guardian is someone you appoint to make lifestyle and health decisions on your behalf, when you don't have the capacity to make them for yourself.

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NSW Trustee and Guardian - Enduring Power of Attorney and General Power of Attorney
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NSW Trustee and Guardian - Enduring Power of Attorney and General Power of Attorney

Enduring Power of Attorney is a legal document that allows you to appoint a person(s) to manage financial and legal decisions on your behalf and continues even if you lose the ability to make decisions for yourself.

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Palliative Care Australia - The dying process
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Palliative Care Australia - The dying process

Palliative Care Australia information for carers brochure.

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End of life law in Australia
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End of life law in Australia

QUT has developed, a guide for families and substitute decision-makers on how to make health care decisions for someone else at end of life. 

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We acknowledge and pay respects to the traditional owners of the lands on which MPHN operates; the Wiradjuri, Nari Nari, Wemba Wemba, Perepa Perepa, Yorta Yorta, Ngunnawal, Ngarigo, Bangerang and Yitha Yitha Nations. We recognise our communities are made up of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples descended from additional mobs and clans who also call the Murrumbidgee region home. 

We pay respect to elders past, present and future and recognise these lands have always been places of traditional healing and medicine, and this plays a role in shaping future health services.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website contains images, voices and names of deceased persons.

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