An Advanced Health Directive is a way to think about and plan what medical treatment you would like in the event that you cannot make decisions for yourself.
Information about advanced health directives and enduring powers of attorney in Queensland can be found here.
Information for other states can be found by doing an internet search.
What can friends do to help?
If you want to help, ask what would be helpful. Practical tasks – shopping, ironing, mowing the lawn, making a meal, walking the dog, hanging the washing – are often the ones that take the effort, energy or time that someone who is having treatment doesn’t have.