Our goal is to have some clear guidelines for helping to evaluate elderly or other people who might require their care needs to be assessed prior to asking for a formal healthcare (NHS) “Care Needs Assessment”. Reasons for this may be the need or desire to take care of someone, a relative or a friend. But before a formal care needs assessment is done, there is a period of time when you might think that the person’s health is slowly changing for the worst, declining either physically, cognitively or both due to disease, inactivity or sickness. It is in this period that decline is slow but most likely measurable nonetheless. This measurability is why we developed this matrix, or series of matrices, so that a regular, measurable, quantifiable baseline and health decline slope can be calculated and a personal health care plan can be created. At first this plan is more about the assessment based on the criteria listed, than it is about what action to take as this lives in the realm primarily of the healthcare professionals. But the key is that we have a process to help us to help our friends and family and most importantly a way to identify when that person really does need a medical review. This is very important especially when the people you are concerned about have no local family to provide support.
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CRITERIA | Feb 18 | Apr 18 | Jun 18 | |
Sleeping appropriate length and quality | ||||
Prepare and eat food and drink | ||||
Maintain healthy daily routine | ||||
Take medications as prescribed | ||||
Maintain personal hygiene, such as being able to wash yourself and shower | ||||
Maintain cleanliness of clothing | ||||
Use the toilet | ||||
Dress appropriately – for example, during cold weather | ||||
Move around your home safely, including getting into it from outside | ||||
Keep the home clean and safe | ||||
Keep in touch with friends and family to avoid loneliness or isolation | ||||
Caring for plants at home | ||||
Caring for garden plants | ||||
Access and engage in social events | ||||
Safely use necessary facilities or services in the local community, including public transport and recreational facilities | ||||
PERSONAL CRITERIA | Feb 18 | Apr 18 | Jun 18 | |
Visit Waitrose daily (M-S) | ||||
Attend Railway Club monthly on Fridays | ||||
Attend weekly railway group video nights (Wednesdays) | ||||
Keep in touch with Paul, David, Heather | ||||
Keep in touch with old friends like best man, railway friends, | ||||
Replacing the table flowers | ||||
Caring for garden plants on balconies | ||||
Visit local café weekly | ||||
Attend all scheduled doctor appointments | ||||
Attend consultant appointments | ||||
Attend the barber monthly or so | ||||
Visit chiropodist as needed | ||||
Catch the bus to Gosport High Street |