Assessing impact and adapting care

The ‘keeping it person-centred’ section provides some tips on conversation topics to understand an individual’s life experience. This understanding helps in building strength-based person-centred goal setting and care planning. This section also reviews the concept of ‘safety and risk’ when working with an individual to achieve a quality of life that is meaningful to them.

The ‘health and function’ section goes through different functional domains that could be impacted by a cognitive change. Strategies that may assist in maintaining independence and quality of life for as long as possible are presented.