Advance Care Planning

Advance care planning involves thinking and making choices to guide your future health care. It is also a process of communicating your wishes. If you have strong beliefs about what you want to happen in the future, it is particularly important to make your plans and wishes known. You can do this by having a conversation with those close to you and writing down your preferences. It is important to think about making these choices while you can and not waiting until your health is deteriorating.

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Patient Identification

When you are admitted to hospital, an identification band will be placed on your wrist. Please check the details on the band are correct and wear it while you are in hospital. It is important to inform staff if any of the information is incorrect. During your stay you will regularly be asked your name and date of birth to confirm your identity whenever care is provided or handed over.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identification

There are still gaps in health status and life expectancy. To know if these gaps are closing, and to know if we are providing services in the right way, we need to know if people are of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin. We also need to know so we can provide culturally capable health care during your stay. To do this our staff may ask the question “are you of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin?”

Handover

Various staff will be involved in your care at different points in time. Clinical handover is the sharing of information about you between on duty staff and the staff who will take over your care. Performing the clinical handover at your bedside involves you in your care and allows staff to discuss and ensure care continues as planned. As a patient you have the right to be a part of the conversation – speak up and ask questions or raise concerns about your care.