Care Plans: Care Plan Form

Care Plan Form

All our patients had a Care Plan Form. The Form was filled in at our Nursing Home.
The form was filled in by the senior nurse on duty at the time of admission. The form was filled in with information from the patient or with the help of the person currently caring for them, be that a carer, another Home or hospital, and by observation. This enabled the Home to prepare a full care plan of how they would be cared for. The doctor, district nurse or social worker could be involved in this process.
The information on this form could be checked against the Pre-Admission Assessment Form as a check on any deterioration in the condition of the patient as these forms may be filled in weeks or even months apart.
It is at this point in the process that addition information can start to be compiled and added to the documents. This can include a photograph of the patient, photographs associated with the condition of the patient, contact details for associated services such as optician, chiropodist, physiotherapist. Also copies of notes or results from the hospital and letters to the hospital, and so on.