Changing the Concept
From Families as "Visitors" to Families as Partners
Strategies for Changing Policies: Steps to engage stakeholders in developing new policies and using materials in the Toolkit, including:
- Family Presence During a Pandemic: Guidance for Decision-Making
- Guidance Brief, Strategies for Changing Policies, providing a framework for planning and implementing new policies and practices
- Partnering with Families in Hospitals: Self Assessment
- Partnering with Families in Children's Hospitals: Self-Assessment
- Profiles of exemplar hospitals/systems that have successfully changed visiting policies
- Sample Policies/Guidelines and other resources (currently under revision)
- Videos outlining the process of change at one hospital, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
- Facts and Figures about Family Presence and Participation
- Roles for Patient and Family Advisors
- Roles for Security Personnel
- Metrics/Sample Dashboard - Download PowerPoint Slide
