- Advance care planning (ACP) is the process through which one contemplates, communicates, and documents their wishes for end of life care
- Advance directives (ADs) are documents that specify how a person wishes to be cared for if they cannot speak for themselves in a time of grave illness
- The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that adolescents and young adults ( AYA) with complex medical conditions engage in advance are planning discussions and complete advance directives
- Caregivers of and children with medical complexity should also engage in advance care planning and completing advance directives
- ACP and establishing ADs increase patient and caregiver satisfaction, sense of control and decrease decisional regret
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