Good advance planning is a continuing conversation as values and priorities can change.

After the death of a loved one, family and friends are often left with tough decisions. Communicating answers to these questions in advance can help ease the pain and anxiety of those who are grieving.

Questions to help determine preferences for certain medical treatments.

Communication is the single most important step in health care planning. Learn strategies to start and continue the conversation.

This short test can evaluate how well a person and his health care agent have communicated about end-of-life issues, and encourage improvement.

This tool offers questions to ask a health care provider when trying to understand a situation and make a treatment decision. 

People have personal priorities and spiritual beliefs that affect their medical decisions. This tool helps clarify those preferences, to inform end-of-life decision making.

How to choose the best family member or friend to act as an agent, based on the characteristics that a good agent should possess.

A variety of self-help worksheets, suggestions, and resources to help with the end-of-life process. The toolkit includes all the tools listed on this page.

An exercise to help determine preferences for certain medical treatments.