Storing Your Advanced Care Planning Forms
A Green Sleeve is a plastic folder provided by Alberta Health Services to store your essential advance care planning documents in one convenient place.
- Personal Directive: Your Green Sleeve includes a blank personal directive form. If you already have a completed personal directive, replace the blank form with your own.
- Goals of Care Designation (GCD): The Green Sleeve contains a blank GCD order form for your healthcare provider (doctor or nurse practitioner) to fill out. If you believe a GCD order may be needed, bring the blank form to your healthcare provider for discussion. If you already have a completed GCD order, place it as the first document in your Green Sleeve.
- Advance Care Planning/Goals of Care Designation Tracking Record: This document, also included in your Green Sleeve, is used by your healthcare provider to record discussions about your advance care plan and GCD. Keep it in your Green Sleeve to ensure all your healthcare providers have access to the latest information.
Your Green Sleeve accompanies you through Alberta’s healthcare system
In an emergency, healthcare providers can quickly access your Green Sleeve to understand your healthcare wishes. Ensure it contains only the most up-to-date documents to avoid any confusion about your current wishes. Healthcare providers, including those in hospitals, may ask if you have a Green Sleeve.
In an emergency, healthcare providers can quickly access your Green Sleeve to understand your healthcare wishes. Ensure it contains only the most up-to-date documents to avoid any confusion about your current wishes. Healthcare providers, including those in hospitals, may ask if you have a Green Sleeve.
There are two ways to obtain a Green Sleeve:
- Ask your healthcare provider: Your family doctor or other healthcare providers can provide you with a Green Sleeve.
- Order online: You can order up to two Green Sleeves to be mailed to your home by following online instructions in the PDF below. Delivery typically takes 5 to 10 business days. If you need additional Green Sleeves (up to two per household) or have questions about your order, email [email protected].
| green-sleeves-ordering-instructions.pdf |
Where Should I Keep My Green Sleeve?
Your Green Sleeve belongs to you. At home, store it in an easily accessible location, such as on or near your fridge. Emergency responders, like paramedics, are trained to look for personal medical information in this area. When you go to the hospital or a healthcare appointment, take your Green Sleeve with you and bring it back home afterwards.
Author: Palliative and End of Life Care Team, Alberta Health Services
Your Green Sleeve belongs to you. At home, store it in an easily accessible location, such as on or near your fridge. Emergency responders, like paramedics, are trained to look for personal medical information in this area. When you go to the hospital or a healthcare appointment, take your Green Sleeve with you and bring it back home afterwards.
Author: Palliative and End of Life Care Team, Alberta Health Services
