Patent ID: 7945458

Claim:
A care funding and care planning system ( 10 ) for generating a care plan option report ( 192 ) for a care receiver, the system ( 10 ) comprising: a. a client computer ( 14 ) for receiving and storing care-receiver data, the client computer ( 14 ) including a user interface data map ( 16 ) configured to select predetermined care-receiver data ( 13 ) from a plurality of critical categories of care-receiver information, the care-receiver data ( 13 ) being received and stored by the client computer ( 14 ), wherein the critical categories of care-receiver information include the care-receiver's current physical functional status ( 72 ), current cognitive and sensory functional status ( 74 ), prospective functional status including physical, cognitive and sensory information ( 76 ), living environmental status abstractions ( 84 ), and long term care resource abstractions ( 88 ); b. a system processor ( 36 ) in communication with the care-receiver data ( 13 ) stored within the client computer ( 14 ), the system processor being configured to process the critical categories ( 72 , 74 , 76 , 84 , 88 ) of care-receiver information of the care-receiver data ( 13 ) through knowledge management software ( 12 ), the system processor ( 36 ) including data abstraction processing capability ( 24 ) configured to select and evaluate the care-receiver data ( 13 ) critical categories ( 72 , 74 , 76 , 84 , 88 ) of information to produce a current care needs budget ( 96 ) from the care-receiver's current physical functional status ( 72 ) and current cognitive and sensory functional status ( 74 ), a prospective care needs budget ( 114 ) from the prospective functional status ( 76 ), a home modification budget ( 118 ) from the living environmental status abstractions ( 84 ), and a summary of overall resources ( 150 ) from the long terra care resource abstractions ( 88 ), the budgets ( 96 , 114 , 118 ) and summary of overall resources ( 150 ) being referred to as care-receiver data abstractions ( 96 , 114 , 118 , 150 ); c. a data base ( 48 ) in communication with the system processor ( 36 ) for providing values to the critical categories of information ( 72 , 74 , 76 , 84 , 88 ); d. a meta needs resource weighting engine ( 56 ) in communication with the system processor ( 36 ) and configured to weigh and process the care-receiver data abstractions ( 96 , 114 , 118 , 150 ) to produce a summary care planning budget ( 160 A, 160 B, 160 C, 160 D, 160 E, 160 F) from the care-receiver data abstractions ( 96 , 114 , 118 , 150 ) by processing the care-receiver data abstractions ( 96 , 114 , 118 , 150 ) through at least one of Analysis A ( 164 ), Analysis B ( 172 ), Analysis C ( 182 ), Analysis D ( 184 ), Analysis E ( 210 ), and Analysis F ( 218 ); and, e. a report generating output ( 58 ) in communication with the system processor ( 36 ) and configured to produce the care plan options report ( 192 ) for the care receiver from the summary care planning budget ( 160 A, 160 B, 160 C, 160 D, 160 E, 160 F).