Our free Conversation Guides can help you have conversations with the important people in your life about your – or their – wishes for care through the end of life. Get started!
All the Guides are available to download and print at home for free. Click on the title or image of the Guide to download.
I want to…
- Start a Conversation
- Choose a Health Care Proxy
- Be a Health Care Proxy
- Talk to my Health Care Team about my End of Life Care
- Talk about the Care I want for my Serious Illness
- Help the person I Care for with Alzheimer’s or Dementia
- Talk with my Child Living with Serious Illness
- Get the Most out of my Next Medical Appointment (for older adults and caregivers)
- Be Prepared in the Time of COVID-19
Note: Before filling in a Conversation Guide, save it to your desktop. Otherwise, anything you type will not be saved.
Other related conversation resources and translations
Your Guide to Choosing a Health Care Proxy
Other related proxy resources and translations
Your Guide for Talking with a Health Care Team
Other related health care team resources and translations
What Matters to Me Workbook
Other related Workbook resources
For Caregivers of People with Alzheimer’s or Other Forms of Dementia
Other related dementia resources and translations
For Caregivers of a Child with Serious Illness
Other related pediatric resources and translations
Being Prepared in the Time of COVID-19
- Can I edit the Conversation Guides to meet my unique needs or situation? Yes. Under our Creative Commons licenses, you can edit the Conversation Guides to better suit you or your community. Get started by following our instructions for customizing the Conversation Guides.
- How much do Conversation Guides cost? All the Guides are available to download and print at home for free.
- Are there other options for printing if I want multiple guides? Yes. Get started by following our instructions for printing the Conversation Guides or visit our online marketplace to purchase Conversation Guides in bulk
- How do I add my own logo and contact information to the Conversation Guides? There are two ways of adding your own logo:
- Follow instructions for getting started with customizing the Conversation Guides
- If you prefer to order customized guides in bulk, visit our online marketplace to customize your Conversation Guides.
- How do I print or view a Conversation Guide in a larger font? Follow our instructions for larger font
- Where can I find other language translations of the Conversation Guides? We released new and improved Conversation Guides in 2021. Spanish and Chinese translations are available for the newer Guides. Additional language translations are available under each guide above, but please note these are older versions of the Conversation Guides. If you know someone willing to volunteer to translate, email us at conversationproject@ihi.org
Thanks to the Cambia Health Foundation for its support creating these Conversation Guides