Family preparation for Life Plan Day
You may want to come prepared with some notes and photo’s.
We will start by looking at your loved one’s life from birth and obviously the family are key to this. You may want to come with notes or a written chronology of their life or just make sure you remember key bits!
Please bring photos that help tell your and your loved one’s story. We want to learn from what has happened to you all that was good and not so good; Consider the birth, family times, nursery, school and college, what help you did or did not get, people that had an impact and those who did not, things the person loved doing, skills and talents that they had as a child that may or may not have been lost and anything else that will help others understand the journey you have been through as a family.
Other areas that the day may look at are your loved one’s:
- Likes and dislikes (now and in the past)
- What is important to them (routines, people and things that make them happy, settled and alleviates anxiety etc.)
- Hobbies and interests (now and in the past)
- Who is important to them and what role they will continue to play
- Education and life-long learning
- What people like and admire about them
- Who they get on with: personalities, characteristics etc. (now and in the past)
- Who they didn’t get on with and why!
- What a perfect team would look like
- How they and their family want to be involved in recruiting and managing the team
- Hopes/Fears and dreams for the future (short and long term & should include family views)
- How they communicate and make decisions (what support they may need)
- Resilience: how has the person and the family kept strong
- What a good day looks like (now and in the past)
- What a good week looks like
- How does the person show us they are happy or not
- Where does the person want to live (what would their dream home be like or if still with the family what would the dream situation be)
By thinking about these areas before you attend the Life Plan day you, as a family, should feel better prepared to contribute to the overall plan for the future of your loved one.