Your guide to carers glossary crack the code

Becoming a carer can be a sudden and drastic change. Not only do you have new responsibilities that can affect multiple aspects of your life, you now have a new world of words and terms: EHCP, EOL, DLA, AA, CA, Carers Assessment, and so many more! 

That’s where this guide helps. We want to CRACK THE CODE for carers! Below you will find a glossary of terms and abbreviations that you may come across in your caring journey, with their meanings included! 

You can fill in the form to tell us what terms, abbreviations or even concept that you come across that could do with explanation. Then we will add it to the list.

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Care Plans

  • ICA (Individual Care Agreement): Tailored care plan based on individual needs.

Care Needs and Support

  • Care needs assessment: Evaluation to determine an individual’s physical, mental, and social care requirements.
  • Cognitive function: Ability to process thoughts, including memory, understanding, problem-solving, and decision-making.
  • Cognitive load: Mental effort required to process information, which can be overwhelming in complex care situations.
  • Complex needs: Multiple and interconnected health and social care needs.
  • Empowerment: Enabling individuals to have control over their lives and decisions.
  • Respite care: Short-term care for carers, providing a break from caring, either at home or in a care facility.
  • Chronic: A health condition lasting three months or more, often for life.
  • DNR (Do Not Resuscitate): Legal order indicating a person does not wish to receive CPR if their heart stops.
  • End-of-life care: Care provided to individuals in the final stages of life. We have a podcast episode dedicated to End of Life. You can find it by clicking here.
  • ICU (Intensive Care Unit): Hospital department providing intensive treatment and monitoring for critically ill patients.
  • Palliative care: Care focusing on symptom relief and stress management for serious illness.
  • Deputyship Order: Court-appointed decision-maker for someone who has lost mental capacity.
  • No Capacity: Legal term meaning a person cannot make decisions for themselves.
  • POA (Power of Attorney): Legal document authorizing someone to make decisions on another’s behalf, often temporary. We have an episode of our podcast dedicated to Power of Attorney. You can find it by clicking here. 

Here is your chance to share with us what code you need cracking. Do you regularly come across a term, abbreviation or concept that is confusing? What do you need to be made clearer to you? 

Tell us and we’ll add it to the guide! 

Just fill in the form below and we will help you to crack the code!

Benefits & Finances

Social Care

Care Plans

  • ICA (Individual Care Agreement): Tailored care plan based on individual needs.

Care Needs and Support

  • Care needs assessment: Evaluation to determine an individual’s physical, mental, and social care requirements.
  • Cognitive function: Ability to process thoughts, including memory, understanding, problem-solving, and decision-making.
  • Cognitive load: Mental effort required to process information, which can be overwhelming in complex care situations.
  • Complex needs: Multiple and interconnected health and social care needs.
  • Empowerment: Enabling individuals to have control over their lives and decisions.
  • Respite care: Short-term care for carers, providing a break from caring, either at home or in a care facility.

Medical

  • Chronic: A health condition lasting three months or more, often for life.
  • DNR (Do Not Resuscitate): Legal order indicating a person does not wish to receive CPR if their heart stops.
  • End-of-life care: Care provided to individuals in the final stages of life. We have a podcast episode dedicated to End of Life. You can find it by clicking here.
  • ICU (Intensive Care Unit): Hospital department providing intensive treatment and monitoring for critically ill patients.
  • Palliative care: Care focusing on symptom relief and stress management for serious illness.

Law & legal terms

  • Deputyship Order: Court-appointed decision-maker for someone who has lost mental capacity.
  • No Capacity: Legal term meaning a person cannot make decisions for themselves.
  • POA (Power of Attorney): Legal document authorizing someone to make decisions on another’s behalf, often temporary. We have an episode of our podcast dedicated to Power of Attorney. You can find it by clicking here. 

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