Family centred practice

Reading the mission statements of OT practice services for children in Ireland and I frequently come across "family centred care". Of course this is the basis for effective care provision in the area of occupational therapy, and why shouldn't it be? It stands to reason that including families in methods of intervention would surely ensure the continuation of home treatment plans, improve levels of satisfaction amongst families and clients and nourish that all important therapeutic relationship.

But how difficult is it to exercise effective family centred care when all services are dictated by the availability of resources such as time and money?

And what's more important; time and money or the life of a child and his/her family?