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Care Wishes, Legacy and Future Planning — One Secure Vault

Document your care preferences, leave messages for loved ones, and keep your essential documents together as your needs evolve — guided by Charli, your AI Legacy Companion.

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Charli, Evaheld AI guide

Start with today's update — a symptom, limitation or comfort preference. I'll record it securely.

I'm worried it will overwhelm my family.Can I adjust things as my condition changes?

I need a way to track changes and communicate my needs clearly.

Charli, Evaheld AI guide

I'll keep everything organised chronologically and grouped by category so they always have clarity.

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Planning Ahead

Degenerative Illness Planning for Care Wishes, Documents and Family Guidance

For people searching for progressive illness planning, advance care planning or degenerative illness checklist, this pathway captures care wishes, family guidance, decision-makers, documents and preferences while choices can still be explained clearly.

Planning Ahead

Plan Ahead for Degenerative Illness

Degenerative Illness

Record the values, care wishes, decision-makers, documents and family guidance that should remain clear as a progressive or degenerative illness changes what you can manage later.

  • Plan Before Needs Change

  • Explain Care Preferences Clearly

  • Prepare Family Guidance Early

Founding Family Offer

Two lifetime vaults.
One lasting family legacy.

Two private Premium Lifetime Vaults for any two family members—independently owned and controlled, with shared Rooms for the stories, memories and important information that belong together as a lasting family legacy.

$197One-Off · No Recurring Subscription
$98.50 per parent during the founding offerFuture Pair Price $599
Story & LegacyStories, voice, video, letters and future messages
Health & CareCare wishes, emergency context and decision-makers
Estate PlanningWills, assets, digital legacy and executor guidance
Unlimited private and shared roomsUnlimited content and requestsFree Vaults for loved onesEstate Planning ChecklistAdvance Care PlanningWrite a Life Story BookVoice, video and uploadsFuture Milestone Scheduling
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The complete Evaheld Vault

My Plan That Evolves With My Needs

Your story your wishes your essentials Finally connected

Document my wishes and keep everyone informed as my needs evolve.

01

Your story

Story & Legacy

Turn a lifetime of stories into something your family can keep.

Record Mum or Dad’s life story, preserve family history, capture their voice, write legacy and goodbye letters, and create messages for birthdays, weddings and milestones they can still be part of.

200+ guided ways to preserve a lifetime

Life stories, memoirs & family history

Record Mum or Dad’s life story · Create a guided memoir or family history · Preserve childhood memories and the stories behind treasured photos

  • Record Mum or Dad’s life story
  • Create a guided memoir or family history
  • Preserve childhood memories and the stories behind treasured photos

Videos, voice, photos & memories

Record their voice and favourite stories · Create a family history podcast · Preserve meaningful photos and videos with the memories behind them

  • Record their voice and favourite stories
  • Create a family history podcast
  • Preserve meaningful photos and videos with the memories behind them

Legacy letters & future messages

Write goodbye letters, legacy letters and legacy statements · Leave letters for children and grandchildren · Schedule birthday, wedding and milestone messages for the future

  • Write goodbye letters, legacy letters and legacy statements
  • Leave letters for children and grandchildren
  • Schedule birthday, wedding and milestone messages for the future

Values, traditions & remembrance

Pass on values and life lessons · Preserve family recipes and traditions · Record personal funeral, memorial and remembrance wishes

  • Pass on values and life lessons
  • Preserve family recipes and traditions
  • Record personal funeral, memorial and remembrance wishes
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Your care wishes

Advance Care Planning & QR Emergency Card

Make your care wishes clear while the conversation is yours to have.

Record future healthcare wishes, Advance Care Directives, substitute decision-makers, emergency health information and personal care preferences — and share the context behind those choices with the people who matter.

14 ways to make your care wishes easier to understand and act on

Advance care planning & directives

Record future healthcare wishes and what matters most · Store or complete advance care directives where available · Record treatments or outcomes they would want or refuse

  • Record future healthcare wishes and what matters most
  • Store or complete advance care directives where available
  • Record treatments or outcomes they would want or refuse

QR Emergency Access

Share critical information through a QR Emergency Access Card · Keep medications, allergies and important medical information together · Make emergency contacts easy to find

  • Share critical information through a QR Emergency Access Card
  • Keep medications, allergies and important medical information together
  • Make emergency contacts easy to find

Decision-makers & care team

Record who should speak for them if they cannot · Identify substitute decision-makers · Keep GP, specialist and healthcare contacts together

  • Record who should speak for them if they cannot
  • Identify substitute decision-makers
  • Keep GP, specialist and healthcare contacts together

End-of-life, care & personal wishes

Record where and how they would prefer to be cared for · Capture hospital, home-care and aged-care preferences · Preserve cultural, spiritual and end-of-life wishes

  • Record where and how they would prefer to be cared for
  • Capture hospital, home-care and aged-care preferences
  • Preserve cultural, spiritual and end-of-life wishes
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Your essentials

Estate Planning

Bring the practical side of life into one clear picture.

Bring together your will, powers of attorney, Password Manager, important documents, property, superannuation, insurance, digital accounts and final wishes — so the right people can find what they need without piecing it together.

23 ways to organise the information your family may one day need

Wills, powers & legal documents

Create or securely store a will · Keep powers of attorney and guardianship documents together · Record executors, lawyers and other key contacts

  • Create or securely store a will
  • Keep powers of attorney and guardianship documents together
  • Record executors, lawyers and other key contacts

Money, property, super & insurance

List bank accounts, investments and property · Record superannuation and insurance details · Keep accountant, adviser and financial contacts easy to find

  • List bank accounts, investments and property
  • Record superannuation and insurance details
  • Keep accountant, adviser and financial contacts easy to find

Important documents & everyday life

Organise important documents and IDs · Record utilities, subscriptions and recurring bills · Leave the household instructions only you currently know

  • Organise important documents and IDs
  • Record utilities, subscriptions and recurring bills
  • Leave the household instructions only you currently know

Digital legacy, Password Manager & final wishes

Securely store passwords, online accounts, digital assets and access instructions · Decide what should happen to social media, digital files and online accounts · Leave funeral, memorial and final wishes

  • Securely store passwords, online accounts, digital assets and access instructions
  • Decide what should happen to social media, digital files and online accounts
  • Leave funeral, memorial and final wishes

Your Vault does not need to be finished. It just needs to begin.

Capture a story. Record a wish. Add one important detail. Invite someone you love. Build something your family can keep growing with you.

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How It Works

Simple Steps to Plan for Progressive Illness

Stay organised, stay in control, and keep your family informed.

Document Your Wishes

Capture your care preferences, values, and messages for loved ones. Charli helps you find the words.

SymptomsComfort needsKey documents

Update as Things Change

Add new wishes, new documents, new messages as your needs evolve. Nothing is ever locked in.

Share With Your Loved Ones

Give family and advisors the clarity they need, when they need it.

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REAL FAMILIES. REAL EXPERIENCES.

See what changes when everything that matters has a place.

From preserving stories and future messages to documenting care wishes and important information, families share how Evaheld makes it easier to begin, stay connected and leave something meaningful behind.

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"Your legacy: A gift that lasts forever"

See how families use Evaheld to send meaningful messages, preserve memories and create something their loved ones can return to — and add to — over time.

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✦Awards & recognition
Winner University of Sydney Genesis Startup Competition 2022 Recognised for innovation in legacy preservation and advance care planning.
Winner Evaheld wins APAC Insider Business Awards 2024 Most Innovative Memorialisation & Care Planning Business 2024 — Social Impact Startup of the Year 2024
Corporate Vision Evaheld wins Australian Enterprise Awards 2025 Innovation & Advance Care Planning Company 2025 — Service Excellence 2025
Winner Evaheld wins APAC Insider Business Awards 2025 Most Compassionate Legacy Planning CEO 2025 — Michelle Gomes
Championing Health State Finalist Telstra Best of Business Awards 2025 Recognised for innovation in healthcare technology and legacy preservation.
01 Why is early planning crucial after a degenerative illness diagnosis? Why · Early · Planning +
Early planning after degenerative illness diagnosis is critical because progressive conditions gradually erode capacity for decision-making, legal documents require mental competence to execute, early stages allow expressing wishes whilst still able, planning reduces family burden and uncertainty, organised affairs enable focusing on quality time rather than crisis management, and advanced planning ensures your voice guides care even when you cannot communicate—making the difficult period immediately following diagnosis the optimal planning window.
Read full answer: why is early planning crucial after a degenerative illness diagnosis?
02 What essential documents do i need after a degenerative illness diagnosis? Essential · Documents · Do +
Essential documents include updated will with asset distribution and executor appointment, lasting power of attorney for financial management during incapacity, healthcare power of attorney designating medical decision-maker, advance healthcare directive specifying treatment preferences, living will addressing life support and end-of-life care, POLST or similar medical orders for current health status, guardianship nominations if minor children, and comprehensive written wishes about care, placement, and quality of life—all executed whilst you possess clear legal capacity.
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03 How do i create a comprehensive care plan for progressive illness? Do · Create · A +
Comprehensive care planning involves documenting current and projected care needs across disease stages, researching and selecting appropriate care providers, planning home modifications for accessibility, coordinating medical specialist team, establishing family caregiving roles and schedules, researching facility options for potential future placement, arranging respite care preventing caregiver burnout, integrating palliative care early focusing on quality of life, planning communication methods as speech ability changes, and regularly reviewing and updating plan as disease progresses—creating proactive roadmap rather than crisis-driven reactive responses.
Read full answer: how do i create a comprehensive care plan for progressive illness?
04 How do i maintain quality of life and meaning despite progressive illness? Do · Maintain · Quality +
Maintaining quality of life requires focusing on remaining abilities rather than losses, adapting activities and hobbies to changing capacity, prioritising relationships and meaningful connections, pursuing bucket list experiences whilst still able, finding new purpose through advocacy or helping others, aggressive symptom management enabling comfort and function, spiritual or philosophical exploration about meaning and mortality, documenting legacy and sharing wisdom, celebrating small joys and victories, and accepting necessary help whilst maintaining maximum possible autonomy—creating meaningful life despite progressive limitation.
Read full answer: how do i maintain quality of life and meaning despite progressive illness?
05 How do i support family caregivers and prevent their burnout? Do · Support · Family +
Supporting family caregivers requires acknowledging their sacrifice and expressing gratitude, encouraging regular respite and breaks, helping them access support resources, being reasonable in expectations and requests, maintaining other relationships beyond caregiver-patient, allowing them to express frustration without guilt, insisting they maintain their own health and wellbeing, providing detailed care information and preferences making their job easier, planning for professional care supplementing family support, and recognising when care demands exceed family capacity—protecting caregivers enables sustainable care whilst preserving relationships.
Read full answer: how do i support family caregivers and prevent their burnout?
06 How do i navigate end-of-life decisions and transitions with degenerative illness? Do · Navigate · End +
End-of-life navigation requires honest prognostic conversations with medical team, clear advance directive documentation about desired care intensity, understanding hospice criteria and benefits, making peace with relationships and unfinished business, completing legacy documentation and final messages, considering where and how you want to die, discussing preferences with family reducing their decision burden, addressing spiritual or existential preparation, planning funeral and memorial preferences, and recognizing when shifting from curative to comfort-focused care—enabling peaceful dignified death aligned with your values.
Read full answer: how do i navigate end-of-life decisions and transitions with degenerative illness?
07 How does Evaheld support comprehensive degenerative illness planning? Evaheld · Support · Comprehensive +
Evaheld provides degenerative illness-specific planning frameworks, comprehensive legal document guidance and storage, medical preference and care plan documentation, family communication and coordination tools, financial planning and expense tracking, caregiver support resources and information, timeline-based planning addressing disease progression stages, legacy documentation and final message creation, integration with healthcare providers and professionals, and regular update prompts adapting plan to disease progression—creating comprehensive systematic approach to complex multi-dimensional planning needs.
Read full answer: how does Evaheld support comprehensive degenerative illness planning?
08 What emotional and psychological support do i need after degenerative illness diagnosis? Emotional · Psychological · Support +
Psychological support requires allowing grief for losses whilst maintaining hope for quality life, professional counseling processing diagnosis adjustment, support groups connecting with others facing similar challenges, honest communication with loved ones about feelings and needs, addressing depression and anxiety through appropriate treatment, finding meaning and purpose despite limitation, maintaining identity beyond patient role, spiritual or philosophical exploration about mortality and meaning, self-compassion about difficult emotions, and recognizing that psychological adaptation is ongoing process not one-time achievement—creating emotional foundation for navigating progressive illness journey.
Read full answer: what emotional and psychological support do i need after degenerative illness diagnosis?
09 What benefits does comprehensive degenerative illness planning provide? Benefits · Comprehensive · Degenerative +
Comprehensive planning creates profound peace of mind knowing affairs are organized, preserves autonomy through documented wishes honored when you cannot communicate, dramatically reduces family burden and decision anguish, enables focusing on quality time and relationships rather than crisis management, protects financial security through proper planning, ensures care quality matching your values and preferences, creates meaningful legacy for loved ones, reduces family conflict through clear guidance, and transforms chaotic progressive illness journey into navigable process with roadmap and support—providing control, dignity, and peace throughout difficult trajectory.
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10 Who is Evaheld actually for? Who · Evaheld · Actually +
Evaheld is for anyone who wants clarity about their legacy — individuals, families, carers, and adult children planning ahead. It suits every life stage, from young adults organising life admin to older Australians recording stories, care directives and estate documents in one secure, private vault.
Read full answer: who is Evaheld actually for?
11 Who should use a digital legacy vault and when should i start? When · Should · Start +
Everyone should use a Digital Legacy Vault, regardless of age. The best time to start is now.
Read full answer: who should use a digital legacy vault and when should i start?
12 How do i get started and what should i preserve first? Do · Get · Started +
Start with one urgent item — a treasured memory, a health wish, or a key document — and let Charli guide you with small prompts. Evaheld turns the first ten minutes into real progress, then helps you expand gradually into a complete, organised Legacy Vault at your own pace.
Read full answer: how do i get started and what should i preserve first?

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