I am curious if there are other Eden homes out there that have gone to the "I careplan"/resident centered careplans/or something similar? We are in the beginning stages of possibly switching to this kind of format. We have a few examples from some other homes that have switched to this format. I guess I'm looking for feed back from homes who have gone to something similar. Thanks!

Hello!

We are just at the beginning stages of I Care Plans as well. We started with Life Enhancement Care Plans and we will be branching out soon. Do you have the books "Changing the Culture of Care Planning" by Christine Krugh and Carmen Bowman or "Care Plans for Culture Change" by Newell, Rauscher and Virgil? They are great resources.

I have the elders or their family members help me write them. It's exciting to see the elders empowered to make decisions that we take for granted everyday. Best wishes on your journey!

Amy Vandiver
avandiver@grhs.net

Thanks for the response! We have the first book you referred to but not the second. I have read throught the first one and it was quite helpful. I have also visited with a few other homes and received some good resources. We have written a couple of "practice" narrative careplans that we plan to present to the surveyors. We are expecting the survey team in the next few weeks. We will have our current careplan and "practice careplan" side by side for them to work with and hopefully give us some feedback. Thanks again for the info...I'll have to look up the other book you referenced.