What happened to the Person in "Person Centered Planning"?

I have been chairing and attending Interdisciplinary Team Meetings for individuals receiving services from the Title XIX Waiver Program for 4 years and really would like to know what happened to the “Person” in Person Centered Planning? From my experience the whole function of the meeting is to complete the appropriate paperwork to keep Charleston happy for another 6 months to a year. This is not always the fault of those who chair the meetings but the function of Waiver services. There are times when the individual never says a word during the entire meeting. I find it frustrating to sit through these meetings on a regular basis and never hear the individual speak up and voice how they want the meeting to go, what goals they would like to achieve in the short and long term, and how they would like to see their services provided. I recently sat through a meeting that lasted two hours and the outcome was another meeting in two weeks. This should be the time where the team gathers together to formulate a plan of action on how to improve the individuals overall life to gain real independence and life experiences, not how to properly fold linens. As a team we sometimes lose sight of the true purpose of the meeting. If we take those few extra moments to put it into perspective, the experience would be greatly different. A life is not measured in yes/no questions or verbal /gestural prompts; however, individuals receiving services from the Title XIX Waiver Program experience just that. A life is measured in the amount of satisfaction and happiness that a person experiences in living their day to day life. I rarely see this expressed during the Interdisciplinary Team Meetings or represented on the plan that the team is supposed to use to guide the individuals services for the next year. I can only hope that the members of the team and families of the individuals that we serve could take a few extra moments of their time to rethink this experience and really put forth the Person and their interests during these meetings. Only then can the services really and truly benefit those who need them most and provide them with a life and experiences we all deserve.