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Patient and family-centred care (PFCC) is a multidimensional concept that emphasizes respect and partnership with patients, their families, and carers. Current studies and perspectives highlight the importance of aligning healthcare practices, and safety is a central theme in these areas of healthcare. Emphasizing the need to continually assess and improve practices to better serve patients' needs and expectations. Patient-centred care should be achieved regardless of where and how patients access healthcare, involving clinicians and non-clinicians within practice sites, physician organizations, and different institutions across the delivery system. This recognition is driving healthcare systems worldwide to implement strategies to improve PFCC. The philosophy behind personcentred care emphasizes that the experience of a person with dementia is influenced by various factors beyond the disease process, including personal history, personality, and the social environment. The dimensions or domains to account for patient-centred care include access, health status and symptoms, goals for outcomes of care, life circumstances, values and culture, and care preferences.