Conclusion
Having completed this module you should now understand what personalisation is, what the aims are and how it is part of the evolution of adult social care services.
You should also have a good understanding of the important role the social model has to play in good person-centred practice and how personal budgets can work to improve choice, control and independent living for all adult who may need social care and support services.
To finish, read about Stephen explaining what personalisation means to him.
Transcript
One of the things that I've become aware of is the way in which I do not have the same faculty to be able to make human contact with people as easily as I once did. And I, you know, I don't spend time worrying about that, or being concerned about it. The fact that I'm aware of it is probably quite helpful because I can perhaps do something about it. Personalisation, to me, is about enabling me to do the things that I took for granted for so long. Arvo Paert, the most famous modern Norwegian composer. It's very good. You see, where would you be without me and my ignorance? He's a great minimalist. It's only recognising something essential in human life, which is that everyone is an individual, like it or lump it.