Palliative care in COVID-19

DJA Janssen - Current opinion in supportive and palliative care, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Palliative care has an important role in this pandemic. Palliative care rapidly developed
services and opportunities were found to support patients, families and clinicians. Further …

Understanding advance care planning in care homes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: a critical realist review and synthesis

A Spacey, S Porter - Palliative Medicine, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted advance care planning discussions in
care homes, particularly discussions involving relatives and surrogate decision makers …

Experiences of staff providing specialist palliative care during COVID-19: a multiple qualitative case study

A Bradshaw, L Dunleavy, I Garner… - Journal of the Royal …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To explore the experiences of, and impact on, staff working in palliative care
during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Qualitative multiple case study using semi …

Updated palliative care competencies for entry-to-practice and advanced-level nursing students: new resources for nursing faculty

M Lippe, A Davis, N Stock, P Mazanec… - Journal of Professional …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract American Association of Colleges of Nursing's Essentials: Core Concepts for
Professional Nursing Education (2021) established four spheres of care across the lifespan …

“I wanna live and not think about the future” what place for advance care planning for people living with severe multiple sclerosis and their families? A qualitative study

J Koffman, C Penfold, L Cottrell, B Farsides, CJ Evans… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Little is known about how people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their families
comprehend advance care planning (ACP) and its relevance in their lives. Aim To explore …

Change in activity of palliative care services during the covid-19 pandemic: a multinational survey (covpall)

KE Sleeman, RL Cripps, FEM Murtagh… - Journal of palliative …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Objectives: To identify factors associated with palliative care services being busier during
Covid-19. Methods: Cross-sectional online survey of UK palliative care services (April to July …

Prohibit, protect, or adapt? The changing role of volunteers in palliative and hospice care services during the COVID-19 pandemic. A multinational survey (CovPall)

C Walshe, I Garner, L Dunleavy… - … Journal of Health …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Volunteers are common within palliative care services, and provide support
that enhances care quality. The support they provided, and any role changes, during the …

Impact of COVID-19 on care at the end of life during the first months of the pandemic from the perspective of healthcare professionals from different settings: a …

MS Zee, L Bagchus, YN Becqué, E Witkamp… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The objective of this study is to better understand how the COVID-19 outbreak
impacted the different domains of the palliative care approach to end-of-life care from the …

Unrepresented, unheard and discriminated against: A qualitative exploration of relatives' and professionals' views of palliative care experiences of people of African …

F Dewhurst, L Tomkow, M Poole… - Palliative …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: People of African and Caribbean descent experienced disproportionately high
mortality from COVID-19 and have poor access to palliative care. Aim: To explore palliative …

Understanding the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on delivery of rehabilitation in specialist palliative care services: An analysis of the CovPall-Rehab survey data

J Bayly, A Bradshaw, L Fettes, M Omarjee… - Palliative …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Palliative rehabilitation involves multi-professional processes and interventions
aimed at optimising patients' symptom self-management, independence and social …