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Why you should switch to digital care planning

In the care industry, there are a lot of administrative demands and requirements that healthcare and support workers face. With clients’ needs changing, keeping up with policies, handovers, informing staff and family of any incidents and needing to record all of this, on top of providing care, it can feel like there is no time to keep up to date with all the write up required. This is where digital care planning systems can be extremely helpful and relieve some of the pressures that staff face.

Here are 5 advantages of using digital planning software:

Timesaving

One of the major benefits of digital care planning is it takes considerably less time to produce care plans and update information. With dropdown boxes and pre-generated lists, this saves time writing it up, but still allows for the same level of detail, especially with the notes box to add in any extra details required. Therefore, freeing up more time to be spent with your clients to provide care.

All-in-one management

Digital systems mean that all your data is in one place, enabling easy access to care plans, record information, handover notes and daily tasks in just a few clicks. As it updates in real-time, it allows you to be kept up to date on the go. Also, it helps with audits, reviews and inspections being able to bring up old data from one place easily and quickly, as and when it is required.

Records are backed up to the cloud

As records are backed up securely to the cloud, it means they cannot be destroyed in a fire or damaged in any other event. When connected to WIFI this will be done automatically meaning that you will not have to worry about having to do this, one less thing for staff to think about.

Allows for Person-centred care

Due to being able to see a client’s history and the time saved in creating care plans, Care Control is designed to facilitate person-centred care, allowing you to tailor plans to the client’s specific needs. You can also track trends in the data making it even easier to customise plans to suit clients’ needs even more. Finally, the ease with which care plans can be edited allows you to change the care plan quickly if a client’s needs changes.

Easier handovers

Care plans and records are all accessible to those who need them, which makes handovers a lot easier as staff have all the up-to-date information in one place. As it is all in one place and has been updated throughout the day, the time it takes to hand it over should be faster.

If you are interested in switching to a digital care planning system, check out our website or book a free demo today. There is £25 million of funding available for Adult Social Care to get digital planning software, find out how to access the funding here.

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