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explain person centered individualized care plan

Answer 1

Ans) Person-centred care is a way of thinking and doing things that sees the people using health and social services as equal partners in planning, developing and monitoring care to make sure it meets their needs.

- It involves working with people and their families to find the best way to provide their care.

- Person-centred is about focusing care on the needs of the person rather than the needs of the service.

- Most people who need health care these days aren’t happy just to sit back and let health care staff do what they think is best. They have their own views on what’s best for them and their own priorities in life. So as health care workers, we have to be flexible to meet their needs – we have to make our system suit them, rather than the other way round.

- It means that the person is an equal partner in the planning of care and that his or her opinions are important and are respected. That doesn’t mean that ‘what the person says, goes’, but it does mean that we have to take into consideration and act on what people want when we plan and deliver their care.

- We can’t always assume, however, that a person will tell us what he or she thinks or wants. There are many reasons why people may feel awkward about this, or they may live with a mental health condition, dementia or physical or learning disability that makes communication challenging. So we may have to ask them what they want, using appropriate communication methods to actively encourage them to participate in their own care and be real partners in the decisions that are made. To support them with this, we need to make sure they get information in a format that is acceptable to them to help them make decisions about their care and treatment and to agree – or disagree – with the treatment plan that is developing. We should always be prepared to negotiate with patients/clients to agree a plan that’s acceptable to them and the health care team.

- Being person-centred means that when we plan care with the person, we think about the effect of what we’re doing on the person as a whole. Think, for example, of a young female health care assistant planning to bathe an older man. The ‘mechanics’ of the procedure are very straightforward – ensure the water temperature and depth are appropriate, ensure the bath hoist is working and is used properly, make sure the person’s dignity is protected, end up with the person being clean and refreshed. The health care assistant is perfectly competent to ensure all these issues are addressed.