Care Companion documents
The Care Companion will help you involve your patients, families and carers in health decisions. It supports honest conversations about serious health conditions, values and choices.
Fill in one of the following documents with your patient after they’ve had time to think about their answers.
- Full Care Companion (PDF 5421 kB) – A detailed document for patients who have time to make decisions
- Short Care Companion (PDF 662 kB) – A shorter document for patients who need to make decisions quickly
- Easy Care Companion (PDF 581 kB) – A simplified document for patients who need to make decisions quickly or prefer plain language
Best case, worst case tool
This worksheet helps patients understand what might happen over time if they choose certain treatments. You can use it with or without the Care Companion.
Best case, worst case tool (PDF 714 kB)
Using the toolkit in conversations
Learn how to use the Care Companion to support conversations and shared decisions with your patients and their families.
- How to use the Care Companion – a quick guide for health professionals (PDF 1469 kB)
- How to engage in shared decision making – a guide to having conversations (PDF 638 kB)
Watch our example conversation video on Vimeo.
Guides for health care teams
Read our step by step guides for health care teams who want to start using the Care Companion with their patients.
- How to implement the Care Companion – a quick guide for health care teams (PDF 406 kB)
- How to implement the Care Companion – a detailed guide for health care teams (PDF 374 kB)
Watch other health professionals explain how they’re using the toolkit in these videos on Vimeo.
Information for patients, family and carers
To introduce the Care Companion to patients, family and carers, play this short video or give them the Care Companion guide for patients and carers (PDF 1876 kB).
Watch The Care Companion video on Vimeo.
Professional printing
Queensland Health staff can use the Winc managed print service to order professionally printed resources. Talk to your HHS for more information.