Planning ahead when living with cancer - England and Wales
This booklet is about ways you can plan ahead for your future care if you live in England or Wales.
This booklet is about ways you can plan ahead for your future care if you live in England or Wales.
About this booklet
Planning for your future care is also called advance care planning. It is important in case you ever become unable to make decisions for yourself.
This booklet may help you:
- think about what is important to you and ways you can plan ahead
- talk about your plans with the people close to you, and health and social care professionals
- put your plans into action by writing a will, or making a lasting power of attorney or advance decision to refuse treatment.
We hope it helps you deal with some of the questions or feelings you may have.
We want everyone affected by cancer to feel our information is written for them. To do this we use plain English and we try to make it accessible and relevant to the widest range of people. Read more about how we produce our information.
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How we can help
There are lots of benefits that could help you after a cancer diagnosis, but the system can be confusing. Our Welfare Rights Advisors are here to help.