Emergency and future planning

Overview What counts as an emergency? Why should I have an emergency plan? How do I make an emergency plan? What’s a future plan? What do I need to consider? Further information about planning

Why should I have an emergency plan?

If you make these provisions now, it lets your wishes and preferences and those of the person you care for be recorded and planned for.

Emergency and future planning can:

• provide peace of mind for you and the person you care for
• ensure that the relevant people have all the necessary information to step into your caring role temporarily
• identify resources for an emergency when informal networks can’t be relied on