Nursing Home Palliative Care During the Pandemic: Directions for the Future.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Palliative care addresses physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual suffering that accompanies serious illness. Emphasis on symptom management and goals of care is especially valuable for seriously ill nursing home residents. We investigated barriers to nursing home palliative care provision highlighted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the solutions nursing home staff used to provide care in the face of those barriers.

Research design and methods

For this descriptive qualitative study, seven Massachusetts nursing home directors of nursing were interviewed remotely about palliative care provision before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interview data were analyzed using thematic analysis.

Results

Before the pand

SUBMITTER: Ninteau K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9273407 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature