Person-centered definition

Person-centered means focusing on the needs and preferences of the individual; empowering and supporting the individual in defining the direction for his life; and promoting self-determination, community involvement, and recovery.
Person-centered means a service that both responds to the identified needs, interests, values, preferences, and desired outcomes of the person or the person's legal representative and respects the person's history, dignity, and cultural background and allows inclusion and participation in the person's community.
Person-centered means that the individual or his or her authorized representative or caregiver is the center of the system of care, and the individuals’ needs and preferences drive the care and services provided.

More Definitions of Person-centered

Person-centered means a collaborative process where the member participates in the development of their treatment goals and make decisions on the services provided.
Person-centered means the opportunity to achieve greater independence and community integration, through exercising self-direction, incorporation of individual perceptions and experiences, personal preferences and choices, and control with respect to services and providers, while ensuring medical and non-medical needs are met via means that are exclusively for the benefit of the individual in reaching their personal outcomes and allowing them to have the quality of life and level of independence they desire.
Person-centered means recovery support services that directly focus upon the need,
Person-centered means a process that is directed by the person who receives the support (Administration for Community Living).
Person-centered means a formal or informal planning process for gathering and organizing information to help an individual:
Person-centered means focused on the person’s expressed goals, desires, cultural and language preferences, abilities and strengths, as well as health/wellness/behavioral issues and skill development/training needs relevant to community living.
Person-centered means that the plan reflects what is important to the individual, what is important for his or her health and welfare, and is developed with input from the individual and the individual’s representative when applicable.