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The concepts describing the kinds of care activity — from clinical care and social care to self-care and automated care — and the resources they draw on.
care needs assessment
care assessment during which a care professional considers a subject of care’shealth needs and determines needed care activities

Activities
The concepts describing the kinds of care activity — from clinical care and social care to self-care and automated care — and the resources they draw on.
- care activity
  activity intended to improve or maintain a health state
- care provider activity
  care activity performed by a care provider
- social care
  care activity supporting a subject of care to live in their social environment
- automated care
  care initiated by a care actor and thereafter delivered by an automatic medical device
- self-care
  care activity performed by the subject of care
- prescribed self-care
  self-care prescribed by a care professional
- care third party activity
  care activity performed by a care third party
- prescribed third party activity
  care third party activity prescribed by a care professional
- care activity bundle
  set of care activities
- care service offering
  set of care activities offered by care provider
- care service directory
  directory of the types of care service offerings offered by one or more care providers
- care service
  result of a care process
- care investigation
  care activity with the intention to clarify one or more health conditions of a subject of care
- care treatment
  care activity intended to directly improve or maintain a health state
- care assessment
  care activity where an opinion is formed about health conditions of a subject of care
- health condition assessment
  care activity where an assessment related to health conditions of the subject of care is made
- care needs assessment
  care assessment during which a care professional considers a subject of care’shealth needs and determines needed care activities
- needed care activity
  care activity bundle which includes those care activities assessed as needed to address a specified health need
- care activity management
  care activity during which the status of care activities in a care plan are changed
- care evaluation
  care activity where aspects of at least one other care activity are evaluated

care needs assessment

care assessment during which a care professional considers a subject of care’shealth needs and determines needed care activities

care needs assessment extends the class care assessment

Table 1. Associations of care needs assessment
Source multiplicity	Source class	Association	Target class	Target multiplicity
1..*	care needs assessment	considers	health condition	1..*
0..*	care needs assessment	determines	needed care activity	1..*
0..*	care needs assessment	informs	care planning	0..*
0..*	care professional	performs	care needs assessment	0..*
0..*	health need	considered during	care needs assessment	1..*
0..*	subject of care desire	considered during	care needs assessment	0..*

Figure 1. Class Diagram

Plural care needs assessments

Note 1 A care needs assessment precedes care planning.

Note 2 Care needs assessments should be performed in a dialogue with the subject of care. The responsibility for a care needs assessment is held by a care professional.

Note 3 Subjects of care interact with care professionals and describe their views and preferences about which care activities to request.