person centred care

This resource explores how capturing personal values, stories, and care wishes helps individuals and families process change, illness, and loss. Evaheld supports emotional wellbeing by preserving meaning and context—without replacing therapeutic or clinical care.

This article outlines how a structured psychosocial approach is strengthened when emotional, social, and personal information is clearly recorded and accessible. Evaheld supports holistic assessment by organising essential information while allowing care teams to work within established practices.

This article explores how palliative care providers can incorporate personal values, life stories, and legacy planning alongside clinical care. By organising care wishes, preserving personal context, and supporting emotional wellbeing, Evaheld enhances palliative services without altering existing care models.

This resource shows how person-centred care improves when teams can see Story & Legacy context alongside organised Essentials and QR-accessible Health & Care wishes. Evaheld helps providers and families share the right information at the right time, without replacing clinical systems or altering workflows.

Families feel more supported when information is clear and accessible. This guide explains how structured care planning helps families understand preferences, access essential information, and make informed decisions—while organisations enhance their offering without added complexity.

Resident dignity is strengthened when care preferences and personal context are clearly recorded and accessible. This article explains how organisations can support person-centred care by enabling residents to document wishes and organise essential information, improving communication without adding operational burden.

A practical guide to managing daily dementia care with confidence. Covers routines, personal care, nutrition, behaviour changes, and how to keep health information, care preferences, and important details organised so support can be given consistently and with less stress.

Maintaining a patient’s dignity and autonomy is the cornerstone of compassionate end-of-life care. This article provides practical approaches for care teams, underpinned by documented preferences. It covers respecting cultural and spiritual rituals, honouring personal routines (like favourite music or reading), managing symptoms in line with patient priorities (e.g., preferring alertness over total sedation), and facilitating meaningful final conversations. When these personal values are recorded and accessible, they guide daily care decisions, big and small. This ensures the patient remains an active individual in their care, fostering a sense of control and peace during a vulnerable time.

Person-centred aged care places the individual — not the system — at the heart of care decisions. This guide explores practical tools that support dignity, independence, and wellbeing by aligning care with a person’s values, preferences, and life history. Discover how thoughtful planning and the right digital tools can improve communication, continuity of care, and overall quality of life for older Australians.

For healthcare professionals, access to a patient’s documented wishes is invaluable. This article outlines how platforms like Evaheld integrate into clinical practice. Doctors and nurses can securely access a patient’s own advance care directive, medical history summary, and medication lists—with the patient’s permission. This reduces time spent gathering information from distressed families, minimises clinical guesswork, and ensures care aligns with the patient’s values, especially in emergencies. It supports compliance with informed consent standards and enhances interdisciplinary communication, leading to more confident decision-making and truly patient-centred care outcomes.

Truly effective aged care respects the whole person, not just their medical needs. This article explores how documented life stories, values, and preferences are transformative tools for care providers. When staff know a resident was a teacher, loves classical music, or finds comfort in a specific routine, they can deliver care that aligns with their identity and promotes dignity. We explain how digital platforms facilitate sharing this ‘person-centred’ information securely with care teams, improving communication between staff and families. This approach fosters deeper relationships, reduces behavioural and psychological symptoms, and significantly enhances the resident’s wellbeing and quality of life.

Aged care is evolving beyond service delivery into a life-transition partnership. Supporting autonomy, dignity and family trust requires structure that preserves identity and continuity, helping providers meet modern expectations while reducing confusion and ethical strain.