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Welcome to my lecture
on "Family-Centred Care
for Children with Long-Term Conditions".
I am Professor Imelda Coyne,
and I work at the School of Nursing
and Midwifery,
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
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This slide provides a brief outline of what
I will discuss today.
I will explain the background
to family-centred care.
Where did it come from? And what is it?
What does it consists of?
And what are the key features
of family-centred care?
Are there any benefits
to family-centred care?
And then I will look
at the changing roles,
the implications for parents
and healthcare professionals.
I would also then discuss
the challenges to family-centred care
and how it's implemented
in clinical practice.
Now we'll look at
what are the facilitators
and what can promote
family-centred care.
And I will finish with an
outlining of some strategies
for the promotion of effective
family-centred care.
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So we start with, "Where did
family-centred care come from?"
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A long time ago,
and it's nearly 30 years,
research on maternal deprivation,
by John Bowlby,
demonstrated serious emotional,
psychological,
and developmental consequences
of separation between mother and child.
And then Spence and Robertson
illustrated clearly
the detrimental effects
of hospitalization upon children.
And James Robertson in 1958,
he videotaped observations
of a hospitalized child.
And it was called: "A two-year-old
goes to hospital".
And he showed clearly
the child's distress
when separated from the mother.
And he went around the UK
showing these videos to healthcare staff
and people who worked with children.
And it had a big effect on people
at the time,
because what they realized
was, to not allow the mother
to stay or be with their child
was not optimal at all.
And this research led
to the landmark "Platt Report" in 1959.
It's always been referred to
as the "Platt Report",
but the actual title of it is
"The Welfare of Children in Hospital".
And it recommended unrestricted
visiting for families,
parents particularly,
opportunities for mothers
to stay overnight,
and the importance of play and education
for healthcare professionals.
