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PERSON
CENTRED APPROACHES TO CARE for people requiring health and social
care are ways of commissioning, providing and organising services
rooted in listening to what people want, to help them live in their
communities as they choose. These approaches work to use resources
flexibly, designed around what is important to an individual from
their own perspective and work to remove any cultural and organisational
barriers. People are not simply placed in pre-existing services
and expected to adjust, rather the service strives to adjust to
the person.
THE
COMMON ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK (CAF)
The
White Paper, 'Our Health, Our Care, Our Say' (January 2006) proposes
a Common Assessment Framework for Adults to be developed primarily
from the experience to date from implementing the Care Programme
Approach (CPA) for Mental Health, the Single Assessment Process
(SAP) for Older People, and Person Centred Planning for People with
Learning Disabilities. The aim of adopting a common framework is
to remove the artificial boundary of 'older age', and provide continuity
of a person centred approach throughout adult life, geared towards
self-determination and planning for independence. The Single Assessment
Process is increasingly being used for other adult groups as well
as older people, and many regions now apply the principles of SAP
when delivering care to everyone over 18 years of age. National
policy documents are
promoting SAP as a model for a Comprehensive Assessment Framework
to deliver person centred care. The White Paper states in particular
that 'SAP provides a generic framework that could be applied more
widely'.
The
Common Assessment Framework will retain the core features and properties
of SAP:
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supporting
seamless delivery of services across health and social care;
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avoiding
duplication of information collection and procedures;
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a
proportionate assessment according to an individual's level
of need;
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a
person centred assessment of needs feeding into a personalised
care plan to support people;
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and
delivering greater transparency around the needs assessment
process and agreed support.
On
11 October 2006, the Department of Health Care Services Improvement
Partnership (CSIP) launched an 'Assessment and Care Planning Collaborative'
to support the development of a Common
Assessment Framework for Adults and Guidance on Personal Health
and Social Care Plans.
Further
explanations with links to related terms, documents and websites
are available via the NHS Care Records Service/SAP glossary
of health, social care and information technology:
Care
Programme Approach (CPA)
Common
Assessment Framework for Adults
Person
Centred Approach
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