Essay On Person Centred Approach

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PCP developed over 30 years in the USA which adopts that people with disabilities are ready to do whatever they want as long as they are adequately supported. PCP acknowledge that everyone needs support and some people need more support than others.(Cambridge and Carnaby 2005)
The person centred approach began in USA in the 1940s. In New York State (USA), the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), mandated the use of person-centred planning in all services development for people with intellectual disabilities. Person-centred planning is central to the new approaches to person-directed supports based on stronger self-determination than traditional person-centred approaches. Person-cantered planning in the USA has continued …show more content…

(Medicaid in the United States is a social health program for families and individuals with limited resources.)
The philosophical content expects services to be responsive to the needs of people that use the service, rather than prescriptive in the types of services offered. These principles are reliant on mechanisms such as individualised funding packages and the organisational capacity to design and deliver support services. It is essential that organisations and agencies providing services make a commitment to strive for person-centeredness in all of their activities, which can result in major changes in areas of practice such as recruitment, staff training, and business planning and management.
PCP emerges in countries in connection to specific individuals, but there is no systematic implementation process in Europe. PCP starts in the United Kingdom during the 1980’s. PCP begins in Czech republic, Germany, Italy Netherland and Sweden in the 1990’s while in 2005 it was known in Austria, after 2005 development began in Slovakai and Macedonia,

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