The Lived Experience of Physical Separation for Hospice Patients and Families amid COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Many hospice patients were physically separated from family members and healthcare professionals during the early COVID-19 pandemic.

Objectives

Researchers sought to describe the lived experience of physical separation for hospice patients and family caregivers who adhered to public health guidelines intended to limit the transmission of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020.

Methods

Researchers performed a secondary analysis of qualitative data collected during a multi-site clinical trial of an intervention that incorporated family caregivers into care plan reviews during biweekly hospice interdisciplinary team meetings. Twenty-eight adult family caregivers of hospice patients with cancer participated in at least one care plan review between March 7, 2020 and June 1

SUBMITTER: Washington KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8856963 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature