Canada
- FiCare Plus: The original FiCare Study (2013-2015) was a model where parents were taught and developed the necessary skills to become the primary caregiver for their infant in the NICU. The objectives were to explore whether this could be done safely for infants who were on minimal respiratory support. The purpose of the FiCare Plus study was to identify the barriers, risks and benefits to safely extend and tailor this model of care to critically ill infants. A Nursing Refresher for this study, heart to HEARTT, was comprised of short videos and slide shows to provide a refresher on the nurse – parent relationship supporting the parent-infant relationship.
US
Protocols and Current Research Provided by Dr. Linda Franck Professor & Jack and Elaine Koehn Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing LinkedIn (University of California: San Francisco):
International initiatives
The RISEinFAMILY project aims to implement the FICare model to a diverse sociocultural group. Their website has been created and adapted to different multicultural sites to promote, knowledge, and education for both NICU families and healthcare professionals to support family empowerment in the NICU. The information is provided in 5 different languages, English, Spanish, Dutch, Romanian, and Turkish.
UK
- Imperial College Health Care, London, UK – helping parents through their NICU journey in the ethos of family integrated care
- IFDC Care Bundle, London England: “We set up the Integrated Family Delivered Neonatal Care (IFDC) project to help parents in their NICU journey in the ethos of family integrated care. All the materials were created and designed by our multidisciplinary team together with a veteran parent group. It took us time and resources to get here. We are always keen to collaborate, so here you can find all elements of the IFDC care bundle including our publications.”
- National Health Service (NHS): Implementing the Recommendations of the Neonatal Critical Care Transformation Review
- British Association of Perinatal Medicine Framework for Practice
- NHS: Integrated Family Delivered Neonatal Care Care Bundle
- NHS: Neonatal Critical Care Review – Enhancing the Experience for Families
- NHS: UK Family Integrated Care
- Institute for Patient and Family Centered Care
- Parent-led rounds (Wales)
