Type of Project: Funded project
BEST - Disability Assistance Effects Study

Documentation in disability care faces the difficulty of serving numerous interests and requirements at different levels. At the level of the service provider, documentation should serve client-related planning, which aims to provide assistance that is as precisely tailored and individualized as possible. At the level of facilities and providers, documentation must contribute to quality development by providing information and suggestions for improvement processes. Among other things, it should enable a transparent presentation of services rendered to the cost bearer, and social planning requirements are increasingly being imposed on documentation systems. In order to increase the coordination and efficiency of documentation in disability care, the BEST working group is committed to the development of an overall system for documentation that takes into account the interests of all participants and the common overall goal of participation. Based on the empowerment approach, BEST focuses more than traditional systems on the client's resources. BEST is a case-by-case documentation system that enables quality assurance on the basis of self-evaluation and external evaluation. For a goal-oriented cooperation between client and caregiver, the documentation with BEST focuses on the strengths of the client and care is understood in the sense of "coaching", in which developments are not prescribed, but accompanied and promoted through creative processes. BEST is intended to provide a scientific basis for monitoring the effects and progress of assistance and the efficient use of resources. BEST is intended to create a uniform form of documentation for all residential facilities and areas of assisted living, which provides the facility with an argumentative advantage externally and is suitable for proving performance to the cost bearer. Internally, BEST provides the facility with a sound and profitable basis for reflection and improvement processes. The working group that is driving the development of the procedure is made up of representatives from practice and science.