Planning Your Future

Advance Care Planning — Start the Conversation

Advanced Care Planning is an important process for all patients and families. This process includes completing a health care directive. A health care directive is a written document that informs others, including your family and health care providers, of your wishes and goals for care if you are ever unable to do so yourself.

Here are some resources for education on advanced care planning and health care directives.

CaringInfo: Advance Directive Forms for Each State & Territory - CaringInfo

MN Attorney General’s Office: Health Care Directives and Planning a Funeral - Probate and Planning

For health care facilities across the state, the above links will connect you with health care directive forms that can be used in any health care system. The forms and the support are free, and you are not required to have an attorney present for the documents to be valid.