Delivering person-centred care in long-term conditions

Delivering person centred care in long term conditions.

Long term conditions are a major challenge to the sustainability of health services globally. Their increasing prevalence is associated with growing rates of preventable complications and premature mortality, resulting in soaring costs (box 1). These factors, coupled with higher expectations among patients and the public, create an urgent need to redesign health services, which are still largel...

Heavy menstrual bleeding: delivering patient-centred care.

What is person-centred care in dementia?

Caring about symptoms in person-centred care

In the present article, we emphasize the symptom experience perspective in person-centred care and discuss barriers to implementation of this approach. There are obstacles to overcome: the diversity of understandings of symptoms in clinical settings, the current biomedical discourse and the incompleteness of symptom research. Since the 19th century, the biomedical perspective has been powerful ...

Five opportunities for healthcare leaders to better support person- and family-centred care in long-term care settings

The benefits of Person- and Family-Centred Care (PFCC) are well documented, and many healthcare organizations have expressed their commitment to take this approach. Yet, it can be a difficult endeavour, with common barriers identified at the point-of-care, organizational and system levels. We implemented a PFCC education program with healthcare leaders, providers, and support staff working in h...