Care approaches and practices that see the person as a whole with many levels of needs and goals, with these needs coming from their own personal social determinants of health.

A service focused on each individual´s personality, needs, experience and story.

Talking about the person. Planning for the person. Focused on labels/ diagnosis, deficits. Creating supports based on what works for people with that diagnosis.  Things are done that way because they work for staff or the service. Family members & community seen as peripheral.

Care is focused on medical diagnoses, disability and deficit, using standardized assessments and treatments. Schedules and routines are determined by the facility. Professionals make major decisions about treatment. Work is task oriented. Services are impersonal. Focuses on quality of treatment as defined by regulations and professional standards. The facility lacks a sense of home, potentially leading to a sense of isolation, loneliness and homelessness.