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Care activities
Activities contributing to delivering continuity of care.
care needs assessment
care assessment during which a care professional considers a subject of care’s health need and determines needed care activities

Care activities
Activities contributing to delivering continuity of care.
- care activity
  activity intended to improve or maintain a health state
- care provider activity
  care activity performed by a care provider
- social care provider activity
  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 activities bundle
  set of care activities
- care service
  set of care activities offered by care provider
- care service directory
  directory of the types of care services offered by one or more care providers
- 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
- health condition assessment
  care activity where an assessment related to health conditions of the subject of care is made
- care assessment
  care activity where an opinion is formed about health conditions of a subject of care
- care needs assessment
  care assessment during which a care professional considers a subject of care’s health need and determines needed care activities
- needed care activity
  care activity bundle which includes those care activities assessed as needed to address specified health need
- care activity management
  care activity during which the status of care activities in a care plan are changed

care needs assessment

care assessment during which a care professional considers a subject of care’s health need and determines needed care activities

Note 1 to entry: A care needs assessment precedes care planning

Note 2 to entry: 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 to entry: The subjects of care interact with care professionals in care needs assessments and also describe their opinions on which care activities should be asked for in a request for care

Table 1. Specializations / Generalizations of **care needs assessment**
Specialization of			Generalization of
care assessment

Table 2. Associations of **care needs assessment**
Association from		Association name		Association to
0..*	health need	considered during		1..*	care needs assessment
1..*	subject of care desire	considered during		0..*	care needs assessment
1..*	care needs assessment	considers		1..*	health condition
0..*	care needs assessment	identifies		1..*	needed care activity
0..*	care needs assessment	informs		1..*	care planning
0..*	care professional	performs		1..*	care needs assessment

care needs assessmentUML Representation — Figure 1. care needs assessment (UML Representation)