Main description:

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.

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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