Palliative Care & COVID-19

The Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) has compiled this compendium of resources aimed at lessening the impact of COVID-19 on Medicaid populations, particularly those at highest risk. This library, Addressing the Needs of Medicaid Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, which assembles key guidance, reference materials and tools, will grow and evolve over time. Sections […]

The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is part of the nonprofit Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City on the front lines of the COVID tsunami that swamped that region of the country. The CAPC COVID Toolkit makes publicly available amazing resources created by CAPC over the decades as

Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) is the respected voice for advance care planning and palliative care in California with nearly 20 years experience creating a range of resources and educational materials to support healthcare providers and consumers. In the COVID Communications Toolbox CCCC has gathered together some of their best resources as well

COVID-19 Resources contributed by members of the nationwide Supportive Care Coalition (SCC). These resources address the palliative care program needs emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic and are regularly updated. Includes recording for webinars re: Implications for Clinical Practice, Bioethics, Long Term Care Challenges, numerous links to hospice and palliative care websites with resources of value.

At this link you can find Health Care Decision Aids specific to: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Artificial Hydration, Tube Feeding, and Ventilator published by the Coalition for Compassionate Care of CA. These helpful booklets explain the complex topics of life-sustaining treatments in consumer-friendly language with neutral, evidence-based information. During the COVID Crisis digital versions of these

Judy Thomas, JD, Chief Executive Officer of the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC), presents how to proceed with clients served in the COVID-19 crisis in a CCCC Blog post titled, “If Not Now, When?” April 1, 2020 . Differences between the Advance Health Care Directive and Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)

Vital Talk has been at the forefront of improving serious illness communication a few decades now. Communications tools created by an accomplished faculty empower clinicians to communicate about serious illness empathetically and effectively, enabling them to feel less burnout in the process. In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Vital Talk created a “COVID Ready Communication