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Common Sense Assessing and Care Planning (cont’d)
Action Pact offers a very thorough and meaningful activity assessment entitled Meaningful Activity Assessment and workbook entitled Living Life to the Fullest: A Match
Made in OBRA ‘87 that help staff really get to know a person. It was created to go beyond
the typical checkbox activity assessment that leaves you wondering, “But who is she?” It also combines culture change practices, the CMS Interpretive Guidance from Tag 248 Activities, and questions from the MDS 3.0. For more information, go to www.culturechangenow.com.
Care Planning
Whole books are written about care planning. Action Pact’s workbook, Changing the Culture of Care Planning: a person-directed approach, gives further guidance regarding the culture change practices of “I” format and narrative care planning and how the federal regulations support each. See www.culturechangenow.com.
The term “care plan” assumes care is needed. The term and concept is very much in line with the medical model. The focus on care makes sense for medical and physical needs, but not for the rest of the person. A person-centered care plan whoudl include a person’s whole life needs.
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