ArticleIndian journal of palliative care2020
Homecare and the COVID-19 Pandemic - Experience at an Urban Specialist Cancer Palliative Center.
Article in Indian journal of palliative care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Provision of Palliative Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of Ambulatory Care Organizations in the United States.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Pooled it
- Real-World Insights: End-of-Life Care for Patients with Terminal Gastric Cancer at Home.Palliative medicine reports · 2025Article
- Home Palliative Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2023Article
- Interior Design: A New Perspective in Supportive Care of Patients with Acute Onset of Debilitating Diseases.Palliative medicine reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundWith the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc globally, the extremely vulnerable subset of cancer palliative care patients has to go through the worst nightmare. Difficulty in accessing medical care in the event of increased symptom burden, obstacles in reaching hospitals at time of emergencies or end of life, limited access to medication, social distancing causing isolation, leading to psychosocial burden, lack of bereavement support, are few of the issues we identified. Palliative home care is an important tool to allay the anxieties and address the fears of cancer patients and caregivers, by ensuring continuity of care and providing the much needed handholding in these difficult times. This article aims to highlight the home-based care strategy and experience of the Cipla Palliative Care and Training Center during the COVID-19 lockdown. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe have utilized the data of documentation of the process of designing the protocol, the data entered by the team on unique data management software that is used at the palliative care center to record all palliative care interventions and reflections of the team on their experience of home visits during this period.
resultsContinuity of care through home visits will ensure better management of patients in terms of physical symptoms, psychosocial support, allaying fears, and anxieties, as well as the ultimate goal of an improved quality of life. Physical symptoms (24%), morphine drop off (19%), psychosocial support (15%), end of life care (33%), and procedures (9%) were the major indications of visits.
conclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for support, thus reiterating the importance of continuity of care. With abundant precautions and protocols in place, home care through visits is possible. With the lockdown and restrictions now entering their fourth phase, we need to be ready now more than ever to adapt to changing times and evolving definitions of the "New Normal."
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