a free weaning advise session delivered by health professionals and family
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Family‐centred care (FCC) has become the most commonly used model of care around
which to structure parents' involvement in their child's health care in both
developed and developing countries.1 It is a way of caring for children and
their families within health services which ensures that care is planned around
the whole family, not just the individual child/person, and in which, all the
family members are recognized as care recipients.2 Although no empirical
evidence exists that the model makes a difference to child or family outcomes,3
it is seen as beneficial for children and families. These include the following:
reducing adverse effects of hospitalization and anxiety, promoting parent–child
bond and improved satisfaction. Family‐centred care accords with the prevailing
ideology of consumer involvement within health care, and the ideals of
empowerment, and patient‐centred care. Family‐centred care has been embraced by
children's nurses worldwide, endorsed by most national and international
children's nursing organizations4, 5, 6 and formally recognized in Government
policies in Ireland and England.7, 8