The CovPall care homes survey is now open for senior members of staff within care homes in the UK! COVID-19 has had a devastating impact… Read More »Survey open: Exploring provision of palliative and end-of-life care in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic – CovPall Care Homes (UK)
Jordi Amblàs-Novellas (Central Catalonia Chronicity Research Group (C3RG) and Xavier Gómez-Batiste (Chair of Palliative Care UVic-UCC) According to a recently published population-based cohort study, analyzing… Read More »Palliative care in nursing homes in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic (Catalonia, Spain)
Annette Bauer and Josie Dixon (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science) The full report is… Read More »New report: The challenges of providing end-of-life support in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, and opportunities for the future: An international perspective
Jenni Burton, Deans Buchanan, Jo Hockley, Alison Strath and Anne Wilson It’s 2am and a doctor attends to review Elsie. Elsie’s been unwell for over… Read More »Access to palliative care support for care home residents – why it matters…..always
Annette Bauer, Josie Dixon and Adelina Comas-Herrera (CPEC, LSE) 1st May, 2020 An international report on end-of-life support for people in care homes in the… Read More »End-of-life support for people in care homes in the context of COVID-19: international report
Recreational therapists are helping residents stay connected at St. Joseph’s Lifecare Centre and Dundas’s St. Joseph’s Villa in Ontario, Canada. They are getting creative with ways… Read More »Maintaining connection through visiting restrictions in long term care facilities (St. Joseph’s Health System, Canada)
By Annette Bauer, CPEC LSE Palliative care has an important role to play in the response to Covid-19, in order to ensure that people who… Read More »COVID19: Providing palliative care for the many
British Geriatrics Society (BGS) is a non-profit organisation promoting the wellbeing of older people. Dr. Sarah Russell RGN wrote an article for BGS discussing adjustments… Read More »Providing emotional support from a distance (British Geriatrics Society)
The SRF (Swiss radio) published an interview on how a care home in Switzerland is supporting residents in communicating with their relatives while they cannot… Read More »COVID-19 and end-of-life questions in a care home in Switzerland
National Academy for Palliative Care – materials to support professionals working with people under palliative care during COVID-19 outbreak, including information about how to keep… Read More »Brazil: Resources for palliative care professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak
