Support Sheet 10: Flow Chart for Supportive Care: Care Home / Sheltered Housing This support sheet describes the process for ensuring that the supportive care provided to an individual meets their needs as these change over time.

1. Support sheet 10
Flow Chart for Supportive Care
Care Home / Sheltered Housing
Resident has
changing condition
Assess Needs
General no urgency
! Regular Assessment
Review 3 monthly
! Discuss with Multi
Disciplinary team
! Order equipment via
Social Care
! Consider starting the
advance care
planning process if
not already in place
Published April 2010
Resident has
changing condition
requires medical
review
Assess Needs
Not End of Life but
greater need (months)
! Regular Assessment
Review monthly
! Discuss with Multi
Disciplinary team
place resident on
Supportive Care
register
! Apply for Continuing
Care Funding
! Order equipment via
Social Care
Resident has
deteriorating
condition
Assess Needs
End of Life very urgent
(Weeks/Days)
! Discuss with GP &
District Nurse
! Regular Assessment
! Review daily
! Request any
equipment as urgent
End of Life user
! Consider request to
Marie Curie for
support using
Continuing Care
Funding
! Commence Liverpool
Care Pathway or
equivalent