Could living wills enable better before and after care strategies for consumers?
It is possible that living wills would have a beneficial impact on before and after care strategies by ensuring a more seamless approach to service provisions and decision making. It would be reasonable to suggest that the situation would be “better” simply because the person with the mental health problem would be making the decisions required across all three components. • Could living wills enable better discharge planning and ensure the benefits of discharge planning? As previously mentioned living wills would not be able to ensure benefits of discharge planning. They may however provide a forum within which such issues can be more thoughtfully considered and planned ahead of time, whilst the person themself is able participate in discussions and to make decisions. Discharge planning however must be done within the context of the presentation of the person with the mental health problem at a particular point in time i.e. their discharge from hospital. • Could living wills ensure th
