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Community Palliative Care and COVID-19

Authors: Tania Blackmore, Georgina Parker

This handbook is an essential guide to caring for the community palliative care patient in relation to COVID-19, when the patient’s preferred place of care is at home or the hospice. It will guide you through appropriate care procedures and protocols in managing end-of-life patients who show symptoms of COVID-19. Supported by applicable case studies from a range of community care settings, this guide will be relevant to anyone affected by the challenges of COVID-19 when managing end-of-life patients or caring for older people, including paramedics, nurses and palliative care providers.

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OVERVIEW

This handbook is an essential guide to caring for the community palliative care patient in relation to COVID-19, when the patient’s preferred place of care is at home or the hospice. It will guide you through appropriate care procedures and protocols in managing end-of-life patients who show symptoms of COVID-19.

Key features include:

  • Difficult conversations and communication skills
  • Symptom management
  • Advance care planning
  • Caring for stable patients with palliative needs and those who are at end-of-life
  • Supporting the family and friends of the patient
  • Your own well-being as a healthcare professional

Supported by applicable case studies from a range of community care settings, this guide will be relevant to anyone affected by the challenges of COVID-19 when managing end-of-life patients or caring for older people, including paramedics, nurses and palliative care providers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction
2 Advance Care Planning
3 Care and Nursing Homes
4 Communication
5 Personal Protection Equipment
6 Patient Management and Symptom Control
7 Bereavement
8 Professional Resilience
9 Case Studies
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