Taking a person-centred approach to rehabilitation

Scenario

Adio enjoys meeting his friends at a local Jamaican café, where he eats his main meal of the day. However since having a stroke Adio lacks the confidence to leave the house. Adio’s daughter has noticed that he has lost weight and that he seems depressed.

Action

The social worker meets with Adio, who confirms that he misses his friends and Jamaican food. Adio’s social worker uses guidance on people’s experience of adult social care and stroke rehabilitation in adults to plan a discussion with the occupational therapist in the stroke rehabilitation team. Following the discussion there is agreement that visiting the café will be included as a goal in the plan.

Further guidance

The guidance recommends that each person’s self-defined preferences and needs should be used as the basis for care and that stroke rehabilitation plans should include goals that are meaningful for the person.

Relevant resources

Guidelines

• Older people's independence and wellbeing guideline

• Managing medicines in care homes guideline

• Managing medicines for adults receiving social care in the community guideline

• Older people and multiple long-term conditions guideline

• People's experience in adult social care guideline

• Dementia guideline

• Care of dying adults guideline

• Home care guideline

• Decision-making and mental capacity guideline

Quality standards

• Older people's independence and wellbeing quality standard

• Medicines management in care homes quality standard

• Medicines management for people receiving social care in the community quality standard

• Older people and multiple long-term conditions quality standard

• People's experience in adult social care quality standard

• Dementia quality standard

• Care of dying adults quality standard

• Home care quality standard