Person Centered Planning

There is A person At the Heart of Every Story

Enhance skills to better support people.
Learn the basic concepts of Person-Centered practices.
Learn how to integrate Person-Centered thinking into the current case management practices.

Per the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Person-Centered Planning is:
A planning process that addresses health and long-term services and support needs in a manner that reflects individual preferences and goals.
The process is directed by the individual with long-term support needs and may include a representative whom the individual has freely chosen and others chosen by the individual to contribute to the process.
The process, and the resulting
person-centered service plan, will assist the individual in achieving personally defined outcomes in the most integrated community setting, ensure delivery of services in a manner that reflects personal preferences and choices, and contribute to the assurance of health and welfare.

System Centered

Talking about the person.
Planning for the person.
Focused on labels, diagnosis, and deficits.
Creating supports based on what works for the person based on the diagnosis.
Things are done in a way because they work for staff or the service.
Family and community members are seen as peripheral.

Person Centered

Talking with the person.
Planning with the person.
Focused on the person’s strengths, abilities, and skills.
Finding solutions that could work for anyone, preferably community-based.
Things are done in a way because they work for the person.
Family and community members are seen as true partners.