COVID-19 and hospice community palliative care in New Zealand: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Within the context of an ageing population and the added challenges posed by COVID-19, the need to optimise palliative care management in the community - the setting where a significant proportion of people prefer to die - cannot be underestimated. To date, there has been a dearth of research exploring community palliative care delivery during the pandemic. This study aimed to explore the impact of and response to COVID-19 for hospice community services in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Eighteen structured interviews were conducted (10 February-18 August 2021) with healthcare professionals from sixteen purposively sampled community hospices from New Zealand regions according to the number of COVID-19-positive patients per 100,000 inhabitants (low, medium and high) with oversampling of high prevalen

SUBMITTER: Frey R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9111688 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature