Developing person-centred care is not a one-time event; rather it requires a sustained commitment from organisations to the ongoing facilitation of developments, a commitment both in clinical teams and across organizations. Contextual factors pose the greatest challenge to person-centredness and the development of cultures that can sustain person-centred care. We will begin with a general comme...

Abstract Person-centred care (PCC) is an increasing international priority and a shift in health systems orientation development. Innovative models are required across Europe to prototype healthcare based on promotion PCC improve quality costs containment. Regardless of the type intervention, investments will be required, it essential demonstrate value created, comparing consequences associated...

Health policy has increasingly signalled a move away from an emphasis on specific organs and disease, towards placing the ‘whole’ person at the centre of medicine. The health professional must try to understand what the illness means for the individual, within a social and psychological context. This necessitates listening to that particular person’s point of view, with the ultimate goal of sha...

BACKGROUND A common approach to decrease length of stay has been to standardize patient care, for example, by implementing clinical care pathways or creating fast-track organizations. In a recent national report, it was found that Sweden's healthcare system often fails to anticipate and respond to patients as individuals with particular needs, values and preferences. We compared a standardized ...

INTRODUCTION Informal caregivers play a pivotal role in supporting patients approaching the end of life. The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) is designed to facilitate person-centred assessment and support through a process that is practitioner-facilitated, but carer-led. This study explored practitioners' experiences of implementing the CSNAT in palliative homecare. METHODS We con...

BACKGROUND Person-centred care, asserting that individuals are partners in their care, has been associated with care satisfaction but the value of using it to support women with obesity during pregnancy is unknown. Excessive gestational weight gain is associated with increased risks for both mother and baby and weight gain therefore is an important intervention target. The aims of this review w...

BACKGROUND Few studies have empirically investigated factors that define residential aged care units that are perceived as being highly person-centred. The purpose of this study was to explore factors characterising residential aged care units perceived as being highly person-centred, with a focus on organisational and environmental variables, as well as residents' and staff' characteristics. ...

Patient centred care is central to the mission of healthcare, yet traditionally neither patients nor the public have had the power to shape the services they use and pay for, or define their value. As a result, many patients find services difficult to navigate, disempowering, burdensome, and seemingly designed to frustrate. There have been repeated calls to enlist patients’ help to reform syste...