Improving End-of-Life Care for People with Dementia in LTC Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in deaths in long-term care homes (LTCH). People with dementia living in LTCHs represent one of the most frail and marginalized populations in Canada. The surge of COVID-19 cases in LTCHs and rationing of health-care resources during the pande...

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Autores principales: Kaasalainen, Sharon, Mccleary, Lynn, Vellani, Shirin, Pereira, Jose
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Canadian Geriatrics Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8390320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484498
http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.24.493
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description COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in deaths in long-term care homes (LTCH). People with dementia living in LTCHs represent one of the most frail and marginalized populations in Canada. The surge of COVID-19 cases in LTCHs and rationing of health-care resources during the pandemic have amplified the pre-existing need for improvements in palliative and end-of-life care in LTCHs. This position statement, created by a task force commissioned by the Alzheimer Society of Canada, provides recommendations for a multipronged coordinated approach to improving palliative and end-of-life care of people with dementia living in LTCHs during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
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spelling pubmed-83903202021-09-04 Improving End-of-Life Care for People with Dementia in LTC Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond Kaasalainen, Sharon Mccleary, Lynn Vellani, Shirin Pereira, Jose Can Geriatr J Commentaries COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in deaths in long-term care homes (LTCH). People with dementia living in LTCHs represent one of the most frail and marginalized populations in Canada. The surge of COVID-19 cases in LTCHs and rationing of health-care resources during the pandemic have amplified the pre-existing need for improvements in palliative and end-of-life care in LTCHs. This position statement, created by a task force commissioned by the Alzheimer Society of Canada, provides recommendations for a multipronged coordinated approach to improving palliative and end-of-life care of people with dementia living in LTCHs during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Canadian Geriatrics Society 2021-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8390320/ /pubmed/34484498 http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.24.493 Text en © 2021 Author(s). Published by the Canadian Geriatrics Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivative license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use and distribution, provided the original work is properly cited.
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