Pediatrics: Care-by-Parent Unit Cuts Costs, Benefits Hospitalized Child

James, Vernon

doi:10.1080/00185868.1972.9952330

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“…During the 190s, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto introduced a scheme to allow parents to help care for their hospitalized child (MacDonald,199) and by 1978 most hospitals in Canada has taken steps to liberalize visiting hours to reduce what was now accepted as the harmful emotional effects of hospitalization (Roskies et al, 1978). In the USA, Care-by-Parent Units, which enabled mothers to be resident and care for their child under the supervision of a nurse, were being promoted to improve not only quality of care but enable cost savings for the hospital (Caldwell and Lockhart, 1981;James, 1972;Vermilion et al, 1979). Of particular interest, in view of the Platt recommendations, was that one large randomized controlled study in the United Kingdom not only identified how resident mothers benefited the children but also how nurses were not necessarily in favour of this.…”

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Marking the 50th anniversary of the Platt Report: from exclusion, to toleration and parental participation in the care of the hospitalized child

Davies

2010

J Child Health Care

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This paper commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Platt Report in the United Kingdom and traces the history of parental hospital visiting in relation to its recommendation that, 'Parents should be allowed to visit whenever they can, and to help as much as possible with the care of the child' (Ministry of Health, 1959: 38). It tracks how this goal was achieved and identifies how parents moved from being excluded towards being tolerated and finally accepted as participants in their child's care. This is set against a backdrop of changes in society, systems of healthcare and nurse education as well as trends in the care of the hospitalized children from national and international perspectives. It concludes that if we are to meet the needs of hospitalized children in the 21st century, the focus of research must now shift towards seeking their perspectives on care.

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Section: Post-platt 1959-1980: From Exclusion To Toleration Of Parentsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Platt Report: from exclusion, to toleration and parental participation in the care of the hospitalized child

Davies

2010

J Child Health Care

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“I want my Mummy”

Shields

Nixon²

1998

Collegian

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Care by parents of their children in hospital.

Sainsbury¹,

Gray²,

Cleary³

et al. 1986

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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A care by parent option was introduced into a general paediatric ward without any additional finance or facilities. Most parents coped successfully and were grateful for the opportunity of caring for their children. All believed that their children benefited from their active involvement. The nurses believed that their role was enhanced and their job satisfaction increased. This system offers advantages and could become more generally used in paediatric wards in Britain. 1981;10:4-7. 13 Fore CU, Holmes SS. A care-by-parent unit revisited. American

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Pediatrics: Care-by-Parent Unit Cuts Costs, Benefits Hospitalized Child

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Marking the 50th anniversary of the Platt Report: from exclusion, to toleration and parental participation in the care of the hospitalized child

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Platt Report: from exclusion, to toleration and parental participation in the care of the hospitalized child

“I want my Mummy”

Care by parents of their children in hospital.

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