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A system of concepts for the continuity of care A model conforming to ISO 13940:2026
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    The concepts describing who takes part in care — subjects of care, professionals, organisations, and third parties — the roles they play, and what it means to provide care.

  3. other carer

    person being a care third party

  • Actors, performers and resources

    The concepts describing who takes part in care — subjects of care, professionals, organisations, and third parties — the roles they play, and what it means to provide care.

    • care actor

      organization or person participating in care

    • subject of care

      person seeking to receive, receiving, or having received care

    • care provider

      care actor that is able to be assigned one or more care period mandates

    • care third party

      care actor other than a care provider or the subject of care

    • care organization

      organization being a care provider

    • care employment

      mandate given by a care organization to a care personnel describing the roles and responsibilities assigned to that care personnel

    • care personnel

      person mandated through a care employment

    • care professional entitlement

      professional care mandate held by a person concerning specific roles in care

    • care professional

      person holding a care professional entitlement

    • other carer

      person being a care third party

    • care supporting organization

      organization that is a care third party

    • subject of care proxy

      care actor exercising a proxy mandate

    • care performer

      role adopted by a person when performing care

    • self-care performer

      role played by a subject of care when performing self-care

    • third party care performer

      role performed by a care third party

    • prescriber

      role performed by a care professional when recommending or authorising a care activity

    • care resource

      resource needed to perform care activities

    • point of care

      location where direct care activities are performed

    • medical device

      instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, reagent for in vitro use, software, material or other similar or related article, intended by the manufacturer to be used, alone or in combination, for human beings, for one or more of the specific medical purposes of — diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease, — diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury, — investigation, replacement, modification, or support of the anatomy or of a physiological process, — supporting or sustaining life, — control of conception, — disinfection of medical devices, — providing information by means of in vitro examination of specimens derived from the human body, and which does not achieve its primary intended action by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, in or on the human body, but which can be assisted in its intended function by such means

    • automatic medical device

      medical device capable of performing care activities by itself or under human supervision

    • medicinal product

      pharmaceutical product or combination of pharmaceutical products that may be administered to human beings for treating or preventing disease, with the aim or purpose of making a medical diagnosis or to restore, correct or modify physiological functions

    • care funds

      resource provided for funding care delivery

    • facility

      place, building or equipment used for a particular purpose

other carer

person being a care third party

other carer extends the class care third party

Figure 1. Class Diagram
Class Diagram of other carerGenerated diagram of focal class other carer and related classes. care actor other than a care provider or the subject of carecare third party person being a care third partyother carer

Admitted terms other carer

Example 1 A relative (family member), a neighbour.

Synonym informal carer

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ISO 13940:2026 ("ContSys") is published by the International Organization for Standardization. This site presents a model conformant to the standard; it is not the text of the standard.