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A carer is anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without their support [https://carers.org/what-carer].
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''A carer is anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without their support.'' - [[https://carers.org/what-carer| Carers Trust]]
  
The system has the option to be configured in two ways when it comes to Carers and Cared Fors (The cared for person).
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=Introduction=
* '''Carer''' - The carer is the main service users who receives the services offered by your organisation.  This system is preconfigured with Clients and Cared Fors.
 
* '''Standard''' - The carer relationship is not relevant or your organisation mainly supports the Cared For.  This system is preconfigured with Clients and Carers.
 
  
=The Carer Configuration=
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Your system will be configured to one of the following:
With the Carer configuration there is a tab on the Client record to add Cared Fors and a the reverse available on the Cared For record.  It is also normal to use the service user group field on the Cared For which is used for reporting.  In reverse it would be typical to use the Status Field on the client record (used for Young Carers, Young Ault Carers, Adult Carers & Ex Carers).
 
  
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* '''Client and Carer''' - This configuration is if you primarily work with service users that may have carers caring for them, or no need to look at this relationship.
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* '''Client and Cared Fors''' - This configuration is for Carer type organisation that supports people caring for others.
  
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Under the Contact Management tab you may find either Carers or Cared Fors (Dependents).  On this record you can also include options like:
  
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* Projects to record work done with the Carer/Cared For.
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* Contact history linked to the person using the additional org/person on [[Project Set Up]] (needs to being turned on in [[Operational Rules]].
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* Used to record outcomes.
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* Extension databases to record extra details about the service user.
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* Carer/Cared For and personal relationships.
  
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You can also customise this record type to add/remove fields or tabs, including blue links.  For full details of record capability and features please see [[Organisations and People]] and [[Customise Orgs & People]] for customisation.  You would need to consider the reporting outputs required and configure the record accordingly.
  
The Cared For Record can be fully customisable like other records (see [[Organisations and People]] for full details]]).
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=Hard Coded Features=
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* '''Carer/Cared for relationships''' - On a carer system, the Client links to Dependents and on the standard system the client links to carers.  This is displayed on the Assignment tab.
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* '''Carer?''' - The optional Carer (is this person a carer) field will make the record as a Carer record as well as the record type that is being create.
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A carer is anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without their support. - [Carers Trust]

Introduction

Your system will be configured to one of the following:

  • Client and Carer - This configuration is if you primarily work with service users that may have carers caring for them, or no need to look at this relationship.
  • Client and Cared Fors - This configuration is for Carer type organisation that supports people caring for others.

Under the Contact Management tab you may find either Carers or Cared Fors (Dependents). On this record you can also include options like:

  • Projects to record work done with the Carer/Cared For.
  • Contact history linked to the person using the additional org/person on Project Set Up (needs to being turned on in Operational Rules.
  • Used to record outcomes.
  • Extension databases to record extra details about the service user.
  • Carer/Cared For and personal relationships.

You can also customise this record type to add/remove fields or tabs, including blue links. For full details of record capability and features please see Organisations and People and Customise Orgs & People for customisation. You would need to consider the reporting outputs required and configure the record accordingly.

Hard Coded Features

  • Carer/Cared for relationships - On a carer system, the Client links to Dependents and on the standard system the client links to carers. This is displayed on the Assignment tab.
  • Carer? - The optional Carer (is this person a carer) field will make the record as a Carer record as well as the record type that is being create.

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