Advance Care Planning AI prompt pack

HAVING THE CONVERSATION: An Advance Care Planning Prompt Pack

By Rose Sexton, RN, End of Life Doula & Author

What if you could have the hardest conversation with confidence?

Most people never ask their loved ones about end-of-life wishes. They mean to. They tell themselves there's time. And then suddenly there isn't — and everyone is left guessing, grieving, and wishing they'd asked.

This prompt pack exists to help you start.

What you get:

For a fraction of the price of a personal consultation, you will get this comprehensive, 32-page guide with 40+ carefully crafted prompts designed to open the conversation gently and guide you through every stage — from your own fears and beliefs, to starting the conversation, to navigating difficult moments, to honouring what comes after.

Each prompt is paired with AI guidance (Claude or ChatGPT) to help you think through your responses and prepare for real conversation with the person you love.

Who this is for:

• Adult children wanting to understand their parents' wishes
• Partners and spouses planning for the future together
• Anyone who knows a conversation needs to happen but doesn't know where to start
• Healthcare professionals, educators, and death workers who support others through this

Inside the pack:

• Section 1: Before You Begin (understanding your own feelings)
• Section 2: Starting the Conversation (timing, approach, opening lines)
• Section 3: Helping Them Find Their Words (active listening, navigating resistance)
• Section 4: The Practical Stuff (documenting wishes, legal considerations)
• Section 5: Fears & What Matters Most (the deep conversations)
• Section 6: Making a Plan (turning conversation into action)
• Section 7: Now It's Your Turn (reflecting on your own wishes)

Two versions included:

• Full colour version (for screen reading)
• Print-friendly version (no background colours)

About Rose:

Rose Sexton is a Registered Nurse with 45+ years of palliative care experience, a death doula, author, and founder of End Stage Matters and the Good2Go project. She's sat with the dying and with those who love them. She knows how hard it is to find the words. She also knows how much it matters when you do.

A note from Rose:

"You picked up this pack to help someone you love. Maybe you've finished one conversation, or maybe you're partway through several, ongoing. Either way — you've done something most people never do. But here's the thing: everyone should have an Advance Care Plan. Not just our parents. Not just people who are sick, or old, or facing something. Everyone. You've just spent time thinking carefully about what matters to someone else, what a good death might look like for them, who they'd want beside them, what comfort means. You now have the tools, the language, and the practice to do exactly the same thing for yourself. You don't have to wait for a diagnosis, or a crisis, or old age. The best time to think about this is before you need to — while it's just thinking, not deciding under pressure."