Person Centred Care & Outcome Focused Care

What is Person Centred Care?

• Treating everyone the same

• Only applies to certain health and social care environments

• Putting the needs and wishes of a person first

Answer explanation

To achieve Person Centred Care, you must always put the needs and wishes of a person first.

How do you achieve Person Centred Care?

• Listening to a persons wishes and hopes

• Understand each individuals unique needs

• Giving everyone the same option

Answer explanation

Each person is unique.

It is important to listen to each person, understand their individual needs and tailor your care, support and guidance to suit.

What happens if you don't maintain Person Centred Care?

• Nothing happens

• It will make your life and job easier

• You will be giving someone the wrong help & support

Answer explanation

If your care and support isn't Person Centred, it will result in an individual receiving the wrong advice, help, care and support. This may result in a delay in effective care being given.

Can you give some examples of how you can make care Person Focused?

There are 4 Key Principles of Person Centred Care.

1. Care is personalised

2. Care is coordinated

3. Care is enabling

4. Person is treated with dignity, compassion & (BLANK)

Fill in the 'blank' answer

What does providing Outcome Focused Care mean?

• Rushing to find an answer

• Giving each individual the same result/outcome

• Focusing on the realistic goal of each individual

Give an example of why Outcome Focused Care is important.

Which do you believe is the most important Key Principle of Outcome Focused Care?

• People wanting to do the things that matter most to them.

• People's strengths are important & need to be acknowledged.

• Meaningful conversations are central to understanding a person's outcomes.

• People are experts in their own lives.

Answer explanation

There is no answer more important than another!

Each Key Principles focused on within an Outcome Focused Care is vital and important to be maintained.