Care planning.
Learn about person-centred care planning and how to turn goals into meaningful everyday support.
Explore care planning
Choose an area below to find practical care planning guidance, tools, and resources.
Understanding care planning
Explore the key ideas behind person-centred care planning and a wellness and reablement approach.
Care planning fundamentals
Learn the basics of care planning and what makes a good person-centred care plan.
The basics of wellness and reablement
Explore how wellness and reablement support strengths, independence, and meaningful involvement in everyday life.
Support plan vs care plan
Learn the difference between support plans and care plans and how each is used.
Person-centred care planning
Explore how a person’s needs, preferences, and goals can guide meaningful care planning.
Learn how to set goals
Explore practical ways to identify goals and turn what matters to older people into action.
Goal-setting resources
Find practical guidance and resources for setting meaningful goals with older people.
Conversational tips
Explore ways to talk about what matters and identify goals together.
Group social support
Discover how conversations about interests and connections can help shape social goals.
SMART goal setting
Learn how to turn what matters to a person into clear, achievable, and measurable goals.
Access tools and templates
Explore practical tools and templates to support person-centred care planning.
Care planning tools and templates
Find practical tools and templates to help develop care plans based on each person’s needs and goals.
Care planning checklist
Use this checklist to review your approach to care planning and find ways to improve.
Care planning examples
See how person-centred goals and reablement can be included in care plans.
Care plans and reablement
Explore the key features of person-centred care planning that support meaningful goals, choice, and independence.
Put care planning into practice
Explore practical examples and guidance for turning person-centred care plans into everyday support.
Include reablement in care planning
Explore how to include wellness and reablement in care planning and everyday support.
Care planning in practice
See real examples of reablement and person-centred support in everyday practice.
Reablement examples
Explore real-world situations showing how everyday challenges can become opportunities for independence.
Reviewing care plans
Explore how regular review can keep care plans relevant to changing goals, abilities, and needs.
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