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Family Centred Care Awards

Every year the Partners in Care Family Advisory, along with support from BC Children's Hospital and the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, invite you to nominate a health care professional for the Family Centred Care Awards. We believe that the best care for children happens when professionals and families work in partnership, following the principles of family centred care. This is your opportunity to recognize those health care professionals who weave the principles of family centred care through their daily work.

The nomination deadline is July 31, 2012, and the Family Centred Care Awards Ceremony will be held on November 22, 2012.

FCC Nomination Form - please fill out and press send to submit electronically or print to mail in. In order to fill out the form, you will need the latest free version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader

Nomination ballots can also be found in various places throughout BC Children's Hospital or contact our 
PiC Family Liaison to have one mailed to you.

To view examples of Family Centred Care Principles in Action please see:  FCC Principles in Action

Family Centred Care Practitioners follow any one or many of the following Principles of Family Centred Care:

1.  Family Strengths
  • Know the family is always part of the child's life.
  • Focus on strengths and abilities of families.
 2.  Respect
  • Respect a patient's/families' values, beliefs, religious and cultural background.
  • Value what families know about their own children and treat them as experts in their child’s care.
  • Agree that the patient/family has the power to make decisions and respect their choices.
  • Respect different ways of dealing with stressful situations.
 3.  Choice
  • Give information to patients/families to help them learn about different treatments and choose between them.
  • Discuss different ways to get the help families need.
  • Provide help that doesn’t get in the way of family schedules.

4. Information Sharing
  • Give all the information that patients/families need to make decisions.
  • Value and take seriously the things families tell them.
  • Offer to find information and other kinds of help when they don't have the answer.
5.  Support
  • Help families cope with their child’s illness without too much worry.
  • Offer comfort, praise and encouragement.
  • Help families support other families.
  • Support the child/family in learning about and taking part in care issues and decision-making.
  • Support youth when they are moving to adult services.
  • Support families when they move from hospital to community.
6.  Flexibility
  • Meet the needs of a patient/family in ways the family want whenever possible.
  • Think about the family’s lifestyle.
  • Provide different ways to get things done. 

7.  Collaboration 
  • Talk about everything honestly and encourage families to do the same.
  • Share all the information that is available.
  • Make plans about care with patients/families.
  • Make decisions together with patients/families. 
8.  Empowerment
  • Know that families have the right and the power to care for their children.
  • Makes plans and policies from the point of view of families.

To read about previous Family Centred Care Award Winners please see:

Family Centred Care Award Winners 2011
Family Centred Care Award Winners 2010
Family Centred Care Award Winners 2009
Family Centred Care Award Winners 2008
Family Centred Care Award Winners 2007
Family Centred Care Award Winners 2006
Family Centred Care Award Winners 2005
Family Centred Care Award Winners 2004

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