Advance Care Planning in Care Homes (England) Policy

Policy Statement

This home thinks that its service users should have the right to develop an advance care plan if they wish which sets out the care they want to receive if their physical and mental health declines to the point where they lose mental capacity.

During the Covid-19 pandemic this home believes services users having an advanced care plan (ACP) in place or being able to review existing ACPs is of high importance This incorporates discussion around how Covid-19 may cause service users to become critically unwell, and a clear decision about whether hospital admission would be considered.