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Future Planning Checklist

Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Support Tool

Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Support Tool

The Future Planning Checklist is a structured clinical tool used to support advance care planning and palliative care discussions. It helps ensure that patient care preferences, advance directives, and goals of care are identified, documented, and incorporated into ongoing care—supporting shared decision-making between patients, families, and care teams.

Delivered digitally through the BrainCheck platform, the Future Planning Checklist supports sensitive clinical conversations with structured documentation and seamless follow-up within care workflows.

Benefits include:

  • Structured tool to guide advance care planning and palliative care conversations.
  • Ensures patient care preferences and advance directives are documented consistently.
  • Supports shared decision-making between patients, families, and clinical teams.
  • Digital format enables structured documentation and follow-up within BrainCheck workflows.

What the Future Planning Checklist Addresses

Patient care preferences for future medical interventions and end-of-life care.

Advance directive status, including healthcare proxy designation and living will.

Goals of care discussions relevant to quality of life and treatment preferences.

Common Clinical Use Cases

  • Advance care planning in palliative care, geriatrics, and chronic illness management.
  • Facilitating goals-of-care conversations in dementia and serious illness settings.
  • Documenting patient and family preferences as part of longitudinal care planning.
  • Supporting care transitions where advance directive documentation is essential.

On the BrainCheck Platform

  • Structured digital format with clear documentation of advance care planning elements.
  • Supports sensitive clinical conversations with consistent structured outputs.
  • Enables follow-up and care coordination within the broader BrainCheck Platform.
  • Integrates with dementia and chronic care workflows for comprehensive care planning.

Frequently Asked Questions

Key things to know about the Future Planning Checklist

What is the Future Planning Checklist?

The Future Planning Checklist is a structured tool used to support advance care planning and palliative care discussions, helping ensure patient preferences are identified and documented.

What topics does the Future Planning Checklist address?

It addresses care preferences, advance directives, and goals of care, supporting shared decision-making between patients, families, and care teams.

Is the Future Planning Checklist a legal or diagnostic document?

No. The checklist is not a legal or diagnostic instrument. It is intended to guide conversations and documentation as part of clinical care planning.

In what clinical settings is the Future Planning Checklist commonly used?

The checklist is commonly used in palliative care, geriatrics, chronic illness management, and advanced care planning workflows, particularly when discussing future care preferences.

How does using the Future Planning Checklist on BrainCheck support care planning?

Delivered digitally through BrainCheck, the checklist supports structured documentation, sensitive clinical conversations, and follow-up planning, helping care teams integrate patient preferences into ongoing care.

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