What is IBIC?
IBIC builds on ICF, the WHO classification of functioning. Needs are described from what the person can and wants to do in daily life, not from which service happens to be available.
The method is used in elderly care, home care and support for people with disabilities. Needs are described in life areas such as personal care, domestic life, mobility, communication and relationships.
From decision to care plan
The needs assessor investigates the needs and makes a decision with goals for the service. The provider then describes in the care plan how the service is carried out to reach the goals, together with the person.
- Assessment: needs described in life areas.
- Decision: the granted service and its goals.
- Care plan: what, when and how, in the person's own words.
- Delivery: visits and documentation of what was done.
- Follow-up: are the goals met, and does the plan need to change?
Goals you can follow up
With IBIC, goals describe what the person wants to achieve. A goal like "Anna dresses herself three mornings a week by June" can be followed up. "Anna gets help dressing" only describes the service.
When the plan becomes a schedule
The care plan's visits, times and staffing requirements decide how the schedule can be built. In Caire each visit in the plan becomes a visit template with a time window, duration, frequency and skill requirements, and the planner reviews the schedule proposal before it is published.
Three things to take away
- IBIC describes needs, goals and results in life areas, based on ICF.
- The needs assessor sets needs and goals in the decision; the provider describes how in the care plan.
- Goals describe what the person wants to achieve, so they can be followed up.
Next step
How the care plan becomes visits in the schedule
A template, an example and how the plan's times and requirements drive home-care scheduling.