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State Model 460 and the QoL ModelAs we facilitate services thru our Quality of Life (QoL) Model it is extremely important to understand the relationship it has with the Individualized Support Plan (ISP) and the Personal Centered Plan (PCP). These two plans were developed by the Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services (BDDS) to establish the standards and requirements that are needed to document our services. This document is a tool that helps all of us at Globe Star to understand the relationship and the differences between the QoL Model and the ISP and PCP to our agency. State Model “460”Please note that the ISP identifies the short and long term outcomes that are based upon the Individual’s preferences, desires, and needs from the Person-Centered Plan. This PCP process identifies four key areas to enhance the quality of life for the Individual receiving services. As a team member who is a part of developing the ISP, it is important to clearly identify the information that is needed to collect these outcomes from the objectives that were developed through the participation of the team and the requirements during this celebration to agree with this ISP for the Individual receiving services. (See Title 460 IAC 7-3-7 through 460 IAC 7-5-8). Quality
of Life Model
In order to
have a conceptual overview of the Quality of Life (QoL) Model we must identify
two areas for facilitating its direction. Remember that as we facilitate our services these areas relate to
improving the quality of life for the Individuals. One side of the QoL model is
quantitative because it can be measured objectively (Teaching Form) and
subjectively (Quality of Life Sheet) while the other side of the model is
qualitative because of the need to describe one’s quality of life (see Table 1
insert). It is
important to identify that both methods are necessary to facilitate the Quality
of Life Model’s validity and reliability to provide for positive future
direction in enhancing the lives of Individuals.
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Table1: QoL Model: Quantitative and Qualitative |
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Quantitative Methods and Data
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Qualitative Methods and Data
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The
application of this model from the above areas assist in the collection of
information in which the team shall be cognizant of the past, present and future
influences of a variety of factors that define the Individual’s quality
of life (460
IAC 7-4-2). Service
Delivery
The
service delivery of the QoL model has four areas that facilitate the overall
enhancement of the quality of life for the Individuals we serve. The first area of the delivery service is to enhance the quality of life
for the Individual receiving services. The second area addresses the service
delivery and improving the interactions of the direct service worker. The third
area identifies the celebration of this companionship and finally the fourth
area identifies with us the outcomes of the services one has received. (See
460 IAC 7-1-1 through 460 IAC 7-3-17). The
initial delivery of services begins with the identification of assessing one’s
quality of life values, sense of companionship and community, quality of life
elements and the quality of life assets. These
four assessments provide the foundation for the quality of life plan. This plan gives the direction for us to improve the quality of life for
the Individuals we serve. This
direction provides us each day with the actions, formal and informal and the
unconditional valuing that facilitates the four primary goals of being a
caregiver. First, teaching the
person to feel safe with us, second, teaching the person to feel
engaged with us, third, teaching the person to feel unconditionally
valued by us, and finally, teaching the person to return unconditional
valuing to us. It is
these four goals that will nurture one’s sense of companionship and community.
These goals can be accomplished through the PCP and ISP process by the
Individual’s support team. (460
IAC 7-3-4 & 460 IAC 7-3-10 & 460 IAC 7-3-17). |
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