Community Palliative Care and COVID-19

By Tania Blackmore and 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.

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859599192
• ISBN13: 9781859599198
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Class Professional
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.4" x 7.0"