A written plan typically recorded after you have had an assessment, setting out what your care and support needs are, how they will be met (including what you or anyone who cares for you will do) and what services you will receive. You addressing the needs and risks associated with the person receiving care and setting out goals and instructions for the care they will receive. The person receiving care should have the opportunity to be fully involved in the plan and to say what your own their priorities are. If you are the person receiving care is in a care home, home or attend care (domiciliary care), or attends a day service, the plan for your their daily care may also be called a care plan.
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Care Actors perform, complete and authoriseCare plansthat address the:
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Care plans target Goals for the Subject of care within the context of Observationsabout theSubject of care, in particular, their:
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s determine the set of Instructions for the provision of care based on these Goals.
Observations such as Needs, Risks, Safeguarding concerns,Strengths, Wishes and Preferences can be recorded before, during (and after) care planning and/or assessment. Observations about the Subject of care should be available during the care planning process.
To receive planned care and support the Subject of care is required to give InformedConsent or if the Subject of care does not have Mental Capacity the Proxy for subject of care is required to express Informed Consent for the Care plan.