Contacts
Contact:
Les Storey
National LeadPreferred Priorities for Care
Organisation:
United Kingdom
Email:
Case study:
11 May 2010
Preferred Priorities for Care (formerly Preferred Place of Care)
Key points
- It is never too early to start a PPC plan particularly for residents in care homes
- Opportunity for care home residents and staff to work together to develop Advance Care Plans in accordance with the new Mental Capacity Act.
The Preferred Priorities for Care (PPC) is a document that individuals hold themselves and take with them if they receive care in different places.
It has space for the individual’s thoughts about their care and the choices they would like to make, including saying where, if possible, they would want to be when they die.
Information about choices and who might be involved in their care can also be recorded so any care staff can read about what matters to the individual, thereby ensuring continuity of care.
If anything changes, this can be written in the plan so it stays up to date.
It is never too early to start a PPC plan particularly for residents in care homes, which for many is their permanent and final place of residence.
The PPC provides an opportunity for care home residents and staff to work together to develop Advance Care Plans in accordance with the new Mental Capacity Act.
Residents can initiate the PPC at any time and this will help staff follow their wishes and act as an advocate if the resident loses capacity towards the end of their life.
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