A care plan is written about one person, and that person is your parent. Before a copy goes to anyone else, the first question is what your parent wants. This is information, not medical advice.
Choosing who helps with the plan
In Ontario, Canada, Ontario Health atHome's bill of rights for the people receiving its care gives each of them the right to choose someone to take part with them in developing and revising their care plan.
Who has a copy, with their agreement
In England, NICE's home care guideline says family and other unpaid carers may be given the plan with the person's permission, and that the person should have a copy of their own.
Questions to ask a provider, with your parent
Questions you and your parent might take to the provider together:
- Can a copy of the plan go to family, and in what form?
- Who would it go to, and who decides that?
- How can your parent change that later, or stop it?
We think what a care provider tells a family should be for the person receiving care to agree to, wherever they can.
Your parent's say over what the family sees has more on talking it through together.
These sources speak for England and for Ontario in Canada. Whether a provider can pass a plan to family, and on what terms, depends on where your parent lives.
Care plan
Care providers using WeHomeCare can keep each person's care plan, with its tasks and visit times, in one place.
What it is not
Visit updates and messages from a care provider are not a way to reach urgent help.
Visit updates and messages are not health advice, and questions about a parent's health are worth bringing to their doctor or care team.