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Who cares plans
— a guide to care planning in homes for older people | | Author(s) | Valerie Coleman, Dominic Regan, Jef Smith |
| Corporate Author | Counsel and Care |
| Publisher | Counsel and Care, London, 1999 |
| Pages | 84 pp |
| Source | Counsel and Care, Twyman House, 16 Bonny Street, London NW1 9PG. |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Management [care] ; Planning [admin] ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | Providing care for older people in homes should be seen as a task with objectives, strategies and outcomes, which needs to be planned. All residents in homes for older people should therefore have a care plan, which should form the basis for the care they receive. Seven principles of care planning are identified: achieving and managing change, not just minding people; setting objectives; preparing strategies; basing strategies on information; devising good systems and accurate records of information; dealing with all aspects of a person's life, not just isolated bits; and teamwork. Recommendations are based on visits to nine homes (residential and nursing) and interviews with 12 managers, 17 key workers and 22 residents. Chapters outline: the reasons why care planning is needed; information and assessment; making, implementing and reviewing care plans; the staff team, relatives, friends and residents as stakeholders in care planning; and how everything is recorded in the paperwork required. A final chapter summarises the recommendations. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990720205 B |
| Classmark | KW: LHB: QA: QA6: 583 |
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