National Health Care Decision Day is April 16, the day after taxes normally are due. The point of National Health Care Decision Day is to inspire people to have discussions with their loved ones about what they want to happen in their health care. The founders Health Care Decision Day do not expect people to know what they might want to be done for them if a major injury or illness forces them to change their expectations about their lives. The conversations that National Health Care Decision Day how's to inspire will help people to determine their own wishes and to help their loved ones understand those wishes, preparing loved ones to carry out those decisions of needed.

Tools to facilitate these discussions are available at TheConversationProject.org.