Care plans This group activity will help workers to understand the types of information that should be recorded in a care plan, and how it’s organised under different sections. Time: 20 minutes Resources: Set of cards showing care plan headings (blue) and set of cards showing care plan notes (red). Introduce the activity Explain that the set of blue cards have ten headings that could be in a care plan, and the set of red cards have examples of written comments that a care worker has done. Ask staff to work together for 5-10 minutes to match the written comments to the care plan heading explain that four of the cards have comments on that could be – considered inappropriate. Ask workers to justify their decisions during the feedback discussion. Feedback and discussion Ask each group to choose two headings and read out their choice of matching comments. Ask them which comments that thought were unsuitable and why. You could use these questions to structure the discussion: which headings do we use on our care plans that are worded slightly differently but have the same meaning as the ones on the cards? which comments do you find yourself often writing under these headings? what does the word 'deterioration' mean? which words can be tricky to spell? How do you remember how to spell them? which sections of the care plan do you tend to look at first? how often do you think you should read through all of the care plan? how could we improve the lay out or language of our care plans? Care plan headings
Care plans This group activity will help workers to understand the types of information that should be recorded in a care plan, and how it’s organised under different sections. Time: 20 minutes Resources: Set of cards showing care plan headings (blue) and set of cards showing care plan notes (red). Introduce the activity Explain that the set of blue cards have ten headings that could be in a care plan, and the set of red cards have examples of written comments that a care worker has done. Ask staff to work together for 5-10 minutes to match the written comments to the care plan heading – explain that four of the cards have comments on that could be considered inappropriate. Ask workers to justify their decisions during the feedback discussion. Feedback and discussion Ask each group to choose two headings and read out their choice of matching comments. Ask them which comments that thought were unsuitable and why. You could use these questions to structure the discussion: which headings do we use on our care plans that are worded slightly differently but have the same meaning as the ones on the cards? which comments do you find yourself often writing under these headings? what does the word 'deterioration' mean? which words can be tricky to spell? How do you remember how to spell them? which sections of the care plan do you tend to look at first? how often do you think you should read through all of the care plan? how could we improve the lay out or language of our care plans? Care plan headings
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