International COVID-19 palliative care guidance for nursing homes leaves key themes unaddressed

COVID-19 mortality disproportionally affects nursing homes, creating enormous pressures to deliver high-quality end-of-life care. Comprehensive palliative care should be an explicit part of both national and global COVID-19 response plans. Therefore, we aimed to identify, review and compare national and international COVID-19 guidance for nursing homes concerning palliative care, issued by government bodies and professional associations. We performed a directed documentary and content analysis of newly developed or adapted COVID-19 guidance documents from across the world.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tags: COVID-19 for Fast Track Publication Source Type: research