How personalised care plans are empowering care teams

Personalised care plans are a rising tide, one that elevates the care experience for everyone in your community. Starting with your care teams.

Digital care plans are the best way to ensure your care team provides person-led, community centred support to those they care for. 

Each individual is different. Therefore a one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t always work. Especially when you care for people with very different needs. 

When it comes to working with personalised plans on paper, things can be quite tricky. With care teams looking after many different people at the same time, a lot of carers’ time is spent looking at care plans, writing up notes and analysing information by hand. Understandably, this becomes very time-consuming. Ultimately taking away from the time they could spend with those they support. 

As personalised plans become far easier to create, manage and analyse online, they can also be shared easily with members of a care team. In this case everyone can see the information they need at the click of a button. 

This results in people receiving a much more personal and bespoke level of care. Ensuring care teams always work with a person-led approach. There are many benefits to personalised care plans that empower teams to provide a greater level of care. 

A team of carers who enjoy their job is so crucial for quality care When care teams are happy, this shines through in their delivery of care. Here are just a few ways personalised plans empower care teams working digitally.

The most common benefit for care teams using personalised plans is increased efficiency. 

Having each care plan easily accessible at the touch of a button saves carers a huge amount of time. No more looking through stacks of paper and spending hours at the end of a shift writing up notes. Improving time management, and increasing care note accuracy. It also means there’s no confusion or questioning when shifts change. When you handover to the next carer they have all the information they need readily available. Informed carers ensure your community gets everything they need in a timely fashion.

The Nourish system has a handover feature which allows carers to quickly review previous notes. Informing them of what a previous team member did previously. So that change overs are seamless and carers provide consistent care at all times. 

Empower your carers with personal plans for each individual they support accessible at the touch of a button. Securing their confidence in their role.

Personalised plans provide in-depth information about a person and their needs. Including everything from their allergies and medication history to their likes and dislikes. Having this information to hand allows carers to get to know the people they support. And in having this deeper understanding of their needs, carers can feel confident they are providing the safest form of care for individuals. 

The Nourish system has the ability to log notes and send direct messages to other members of staff. Strong communication is crucial for quality care. This makes it easy for care teams to communicate with each other and support each other in their daily tasks. 

Those who work in care do so because they want to help and make a difference in people’s lives. But time ia always a factor. When there are mountains of paperwork to do at the end of a shift it can detract from your care quality. Carers feel like they could be doing more if it wasn’t for all the admin that comes with the job. 

Personalised plans that are created digitally allow carers to spend less time on admin and paperwork, and more time doing what they do best, caring.

More than time, personalised care plans support informed choices and coproduction.

Spending quality time with those in care is good for both the person receiving and giving the support. 

The majority of carers’ job satisfaction comes from being able to make genuine human connections and really make a difference to those they care for. Admin is often seen as a necessary evil of the job, something to be endured at the end of the day. A digital way of working can cut down this admin time immensely, and involve your community in the process!

Autonomy is the key to a smooth-running team. Personalised plans can help provide greater clarity on individual needs, without any uncertainty. 

With a comprehensive care plan, handover notes and direct messaging available within the Nourish system, carers no longer need to search high and low for specific information about a person. A personal care plan will have all the important details of what that person needs. So that the carer on duty can get on with their work efficiently and effectively. 

The Nourish system has a comprehensive care plan and personalised timeline that gives carers an extensive overview of a person’s biography, care needs, medication, emergency information and more. 

Having easy digital access to personalised care plans empowers care teams in the workplace with a better understanding of what is required of them in their role. Working digitally eliminates a lot of the uncertainty and groups all information together in one central location. Which provides greater structure and direction for care teams. 

With a clearer view of the needs of each person under their care, their work becomes easier and they feel more motivated to go above and beyond. Additionally, combining this with a more streamlined system that everyone can access drastically cuts down admin time and empowers teams to provide more person-led, community-centred care. There’s no doubt that a digital way of working is going to boost morale in the workplace. 

With the structure and efficiency of a digital personalised plan, teams can put all their effort into providing outstanding care for everyone. 

A smarter way to care. We’ve worked with over 1,000 care services and organisations to deliver truly person-led, care plans that transform the way care teams manage and support those they support.

For more information on how the Nourish system can help your care service begin to empower your care teams, get in touch and book a demo today.