Person-Centered Care

The Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation has created the Batz Guide App with the hope to better equip and educate families to make them stronger advocates of their own care during their hospital stay. The intention of this App is to provide a tool for families, medical staff and patients that helps them to monitor care in real time.

Visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Person and Family Engagement webpage to learn about key tenets and foundational principles CMS has outlined to implement a person and family engagement strategy in your organization. You can download the CMS Person and Family Engagement Strategic Plan and Strategy documents as well.

Download and display this poster in your nursing home facility to help encourage staff to engage patients in their own care.

This article focuses on the effects of music on long-term residents and provides tips for long-term care staff when using music.

Download and display this poster in your nursing home facility to help remind staff to use common courtesy when entering a resident's room.

This form from the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services can be used by attending physicians to document expected outcomes for nursing home residents in need of end-of-life care.

This site provides clear, comprehensive palliative care information and resources for people dealing with serious illness at any age and at any stage.

This workbook, developed by Ariadne Labs and The Conversation Project, was created to help a person with a serious illness prepare to speak with their health care team about goals and preferences that matter the most to them.