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Identify Legislation And Policy Drivers For Personalised Care

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care, from taxes taken from the general population and distributed in the way the government sees fit within different departments and how funding is needed.
The rights model ensures that people have access to care under the human rights act 1998. This ensures all people receiving care receive the same treatment and are all fairly treated ensuring there is no discrimination. Empowerment model is empowering the service user to have control over their care and be able to have their wishes fulfilled or heard for how they would like to be cared for. This also gives them greater control over finances and decisions over their care.
All models of care are needed due to people having different needs or some having capacity where others don’t. One …show more content…

The outcomes need to be realistic so that they are something the resident and carers can work towards to make sure the resident has a purpose in the later years of life. This can then be shared with families, carers, and professionals in care plans to make sure everyone is working towards the same goals. Without an outcome a residents care becomes disjointed and can be and the resident can become unfulfilled in every day life.

1.5 - identify legislative and policy drivers for personalised services
Legislative drivers are laws laid out to make sure everyone in care is working to the same standards providing the personalised care that is needed. One example is the equality act this makes sure everyone receiving care is treated equally and that no one is discriminated against. Policy drivers are objectives agreed by all involved to make sure someone is receiving personalised care, the main laws around health and social care are incorporated in to the care using policies the company agrees …show more content…

They give the service users greater choice when it comes to personalising care, they are able to source their own providers and use the direct payments how they would like to benefit their care. A personal budget is an allocation of funds given to someone needing care, they would have been assessed to find out the amount needed to provide the care. The budget can then be taken as a direct payment managed by the service user or for those who don’t wish to manage the budget themselves for a variety of reasons, this can then be managed by a governing body such as the local authority. The service user still has the choice on how the budget is used to be able to personalise the care but if they feel the responsibility of the funds is too much, they also have the choice to have someone manage this for them.

2.3 - explain the role of brokerage in commissioning and delivering personalised services
A broker can source the best services for the service user and is able to liaise to make sure the service user has the best experience using the services. They can also support the service user with the emotional demand they may be facing. The broker will have the latest knowledge with regard to the services available and will be able to tailor any new services to each individual service

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