end of life planning

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This guide explains how organisations can support clearer end-of-life conversations by helping individuals document wishes, values, and care preferences. Evaheld provides structure and clarity that supports families and care teams, without replacing existing communication or care processes.

This article explores how palliative care providers can incorporate personal values, life stories, and legacy planning alongside clinical care. By organising care wishes, preserving personal context, and supporting emotional wellbeing, Evaheld enhances palliative services without altering existing care models.

This guide explains how families are better supported when care wishes, essential documents, and personal context are organised in one place. Evaheld helps reduce confusion and emotional strain while allowing care teams to focus on support, not administration.

This guide explains how organisations can support clearer end-of-life conversations by helping individuals document wishes, values, and care preferences. Evaheld provides structure and clarity that supports families and care teams, without replacing existing communication or care processes.

This gentle guide helps individuals and families plan ahead with confidence. It supports documenting care preferences, organising essential information, and preserving personal values so decisions feel clear, calm, and respectful.

This guide explains the best way to help a loved one plan for end of life with clarity and care. It walks through how to start conversations, organise essential documents, record care wishes, and ensure information is accessible when needed. Designed to reduce stress and confusion, it helps families support loved ones with confidence and compassion during an emotional time.

This guide helps you clearly record your health preferences, values, and important personal information, ensuring your wishes are understood and respected if you cannot speak for yourself.

This practical roadmap guides executors and carers through every stage of responsibility, from the first steps after a death or diagnosis to finalising affairs with confidence. It explains how to organise essential documents, manage care and legal obligations, coordinate with family and professionals, and ensure information is accessible when needed. Designed to reduce overwhelm and provide clarity during complex times.

This 2026 checklist helps you get your affairs in order with clarity and confidence. It guides you through organising essential documents, recording care preferences, and securing important personal and financial information. Designed to reduce stress for you and your loved ones, it supports better planning, easier access to information, and greater peace of mind during life’s transitions.

Start the important talk about future care and legacy wishes with adult children. Get simple scripts and tips for a calm, productive family conversation in Australia.

Maintaining a patient’s dignity and autonomy is the cornerstone of compassionate end-of-life care. This article provides practical approaches for care teams, underpinned by documented preferences. It covers respecting cultural and spiritual rituals, honouring personal routines (like favourite music or reading), managing symptoms in line with patient priorities (e.g., preferring alertness over total sedation), and facilitating meaningful final conversations. When these personal values are recorded and accessible, they guide daily care decisions, big and small. This ensures the patient remains an active individual in their care, fostering a sense of control and peace during a vulnerable time.

Person-centred aged care places the individual — not the system — at the heart of care decisions. This guide explores practical tools that support dignity, independence, and wellbeing by aligning care with a person’s values, preferences, and life history. Discover how thoughtful planning and the right digital tools can improve communication, continuity of care, and overall quality of life for older Australians.