Personalisation means people their families & carers having choice & control over their support on a day-to-day basis. To deliver personalised services professionals & carers need to do more than just hand over financial control: they need to know what is important to a person the best way to support them how they communicate & how they make decisions. This book will show how to deliver personalisation through simple effective & evidence-based person-centred practice that changes peoples lives & helps them achieve the outcomes they want. It covers why person-centred practice is relevant to the personalisation agenda & what person-centred thinking & person-centred reviews are introducing the tools that can help you carry them out. It also explores the relationship between person-centred plans & support plans & how person-centred practice can be used in the journey of support through adulthood
- from prevention or the management of long-term health conditions to reablement recovery support in old age & at the end of life. There is also a chapter on taking a person-centred approach to risk. This is an essential guide for all staff in health & social care including service providers managers practitioners & students.