What does Patient and Family Centered Care (PFCC) mean to you?
Welcome! Patient and Family Centered Care (PFCC) is about empowering you and your family by arming you with the information and providing you with the environment you need to be an active participant in your care. It can be as simple as you and your doctor collaborating on how different treatment options might fit into YOUR life. Or it might mean creating a physical space that enables your loved ones to support you during a hospital stay, with comfortable chairs, accessible coffee, and internet access or televisions.
This blog is where PFCC concepts meet real patient experiences and examples of PFCC reshaping health care delivery. At some point in their lives, everyone has been a patient or the family member of a patient. We all have different needs on our individual journey to wellness. With this in mind, we want to know:
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Thanks to the good work and the excellent rehab we were able to enjoy a trip to San Diego and than on to Hawaii for a cruse to several islands. My surgery was on Janurary 30 o7 and although it was very painful for a few days every day was a better one. The stay in the hospital was very good, the hospital care and food was better than I expected. When my second knee comes to do I wii be glad to go thru the same proceedure. Compliments to all the staff, the anastelogolist, and the recovery unit. The theropy was difficult at first but necessary.
The one thing I recommend for recovery is the stationary bike which I still continue with 3 times a week. Many thanks. M.D.B
PFCC meant I did not have to worry about anything except the upcoming surgey.Your presurgery team took care of all needs anticiapated and unanticipated. I was informed of all aspects of surgery and expected outcomes and felt I had a place to turn if I had questions. I was able to concentrate on the my task ahead - focus on getting back to a healthy independent state.
Yes, surgery takes a lot out of you.You are exhausted and in pain. The WHOLE TEAM , FAMILY SUPPORT ,MDs PAs dietary ,pain management -help dicussing meds availabe to you and nurses helping to figure out what worked best, assistants, housekeepers and therapies , in hospital and outpatient. ALL people offered encouragement and movement forward. Many days I didn't want to venture out of the house in the evening for therapy.Once there I did not want to stop despite the pain early on It felt good to bend the knee again after years of not being able to.I wanted to get stronger ..Pain and edema was an issue for a couple weeks. then it seems as if over night it just dissapeared .Ice , rest, elevating the leg, doing your exercises and pampering yourself occasionally will get you back to where you want to be. You ,the patient, are the boss after the surgery . You determine the outcomme.If you need more help -ask questions of therapy, your doctors, do not be afraid ever of asking any question . ThePFCC model encourages this. I for one was happy to be on the operating table.I remember smiling as I went to sleep knowing I was in hands of the best team in the world for me.I am currently back to work as a nurse in an extended care facility in Oakmont.The hours on my feet are very greuling .Thanks to Renaissance Orthopaedics I am back as charge nurse as they say "Running the floor" WIHOUT A TRACE OF PAIN . I do encourage continued exercises stretching and flexing to be the best you can be .I have had both knees done. My love to all at RO and best wishes to all going through surgery now or in future
Dr. DiGioia and his entire staff are the definition of PFCC. After 10+ years of living with the debilitating pain of arthritis, and hearing "you're too young" over and over, I found Dr. DiGioia. Everyone in his office, including him, made me and my husband feel special. Dr. DiGioia's philosophy of "it's all about how you feel" came through in every phase of my surgeries. Even the PT staff made it seem like fun during the two/day sessions. I am now, after two total hip replacements, pain-free and able to walk straight. Thank you.