Advance Care Directives training videos

'A clear path to care' training

‘A clear path to care’ is an educational film developed by SA Health for the purpose of training clinical staff about:

  • Advance Care Directives
  • third party consent
  • Resuscitation Plan 7 Step Pathway.

This DVD is broken into individual chapters and follows a patient’s journey from admission through to discharge illustrating at each key touch point, best practice for ensuring a patient’s values are known and can be respected when developing clinical instructions for care


General Practice and Advance Care Directives

Dr Moy and Anne, the Aged Care Facility Nurse Coordinator, discuss the relationships between patients, the Resuscitation Plan 7 Step Pathway and Advance Care Directives.


Dr Moy and Anne, the Aged Care Facility Nurse Coordinator, discuss the process for when a patient does not have decision-making capacity and how an Advance Care Directive, a Substitute Decision-Maker “acting in the patient’s shoes” and the Resuscitation Plan 7 Step Pathway can provide guidance in treatment options.


Dr Moy and Anne, the Aged Care Facility Nurse Coordinator, discuss the Resuscitation Plan 7 Step Pathway and requests for Not-for-Transfer to Hospital.


Mrs Wells is introduced to Advance Care Directives and Substitute Decision-Makers during an over 75 home health assessment. Later, Mrs Wells visits her GP to provide a certified copy of her completed Advance Care Directive.