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Parents as Mentors Overview
Parents as Mentors is one of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital’s (LPCH) family-centered care programs. The program provides opportunities for trained, veteran LPCH parents, supervised by social workers, to meet with parents of children cared for at LPCH in a variety of settings: in the hospital, during clinic visits and at home by telephone.
The degree to which a family can partner with health care providers can directly impact a family’s ability to effectively manage their child’s future medical requirements. Parent Mentors are effective managers of their own child’s health care and are trained to provide support, modeling, suggestions and validation to parents of hospitalized children who are just beginning their own partnerships.
The goal of mentorship is to:
- Provide peer support
- Help parents navigate the hospital system
- Share strategies on developing partnerships
- Aid parents in developing confidence in their skills to manage their child’s health care
Connection with mentors can be a one-time meeting or a long-term, ongoing relationship.
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Mentor Programs
- The Liver and Intestinal Transplant Parent Mentor Program
Ten Parent Mentors provide mentorship in English and Spanish for pre- and posttransplant families admitted to the hospital, in clinic and during new patient evaluations. This program also includes outpatient mentors at the team’s outreach sites in Portland/Seattle, Hawaii, Sacramento and Fresno.
- The Johnson Center/Neonatology Parent Mentor Program
Mentors work weekly, visiting families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the Intermediate Intensive Care Unit (IICU), and women hospitalized before the birth of their child in the antepartum unit.
- The Cystic Fibrosis Parent Mentor Program
The Cystic Fibrosis Parent Mentor program consists of a “warm line” staffed by a mentor. Parents request an opportunity to speak with the mentor and are subsequently contacted via telephone.
- Dermatology
This program has one clinic-based parent mentor and provides information and support to families.
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Contact Us
If you would like further information on Parents as Mentors, please contact:
- Karen Wayman, PhD
Director, Family-Centered Care
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
750 Welch Road, Suite 116
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 498-6410
kwayman@lpch.org
Dr. Wayman works closely with Michele Ashland, the Lead Parent for this program.
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000
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