TY - JOUR
T1 - Responding to palliative care training needs in the coronavirus disease 2019 era
T2 - The context and process of developing and disseminating training resources and guidance for low: The middle-income countries from Kerala, South India
AU - Daniel, Sunitha
AU - Venkateswaran, Chitra
AU - Sunder, Poornima
AU - Nair, Shoba
AU - Chittazhathu, Rajashree
AU - Manuel, Athul
AU - Raghavan, Biju
AU - Sunil, M. M.
AU - Rijju, Vineetha
AU - Vijay, Geetha
AU - Rao, Seema
AU - Prabhu, Anupama
AU - Parameswaran, Uma
AU - Spruijt, Odette
AU - Rajagopal, M.
AU - Leng, Mhoira
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Background: Palliative care has an important role to play in the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It is integrated and is a key component in the governmental and community structures and services in Kerala, in India. Palliative care in the state has grown to be a viable model recognized in global palliative care and public health scene. The community network of palliative care, especially the volunteers linking with clinical teams, is a strong force for advocacy, relief support including provision of emergency medications, and clinical care. Objective: To develop a palliative care resource tool kit for holistic care of patients affected with COVID-19 and to support the health-care workers looking after them to enable palliative care integration with COVID-I9 management. Methods: The Kerala State government included senior palliative care advisors in the COVID-19 task force and 22 palliative care professionals formed a virtual task force named Palli COVID Kerala as an immediate response to develop recommendations. Results: Developed a palliative care in COVID-19 resource toolkit which includes an e-book with palliative care recommendations, online training opportunities, short webinars and voice over power point presentations. Conclusion: Integrated Palliative care should be an essential part of any response to a humanitarian crisis. The e resource tool kit can be adapted for use in other low- and middle-income countries.
AB - Background: Palliative care has an important role to play in the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It is integrated and is a key component in the governmental and community structures and services in Kerala, in India. Palliative care in the state has grown to be a viable model recognized in global palliative care and public health scene. The community network of palliative care, especially the volunteers linking with clinical teams, is a strong force for advocacy, relief support including provision of emergency medications, and clinical care. Objective: To develop a palliative care resource tool kit for holistic care of patients affected with COVID-19 and to support the health-care workers looking after them to enable palliative care integration with COVID-I9 management. Methods: The Kerala State government included senior palliative care advisors in the COVID-19 task force and 22 palliative care professionals formed a virtual task force named Palli COVID Kerala as an immediate response to develop recommendations. Results: Developed a palliative care in COVID-19 resource toolkit which includes an e-book with palliative care recommendations, online training opportunities, short webinars and voice over power point presentations. Conclusion: Integrated Palliative care should be an essential part of any response to a humanitarian crisis. The e resource tool kit can be adapted for use in other low- and middle-income countries.
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U2 - 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_131_20
DO - 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_131_20
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090669595
SN - 0973-1075
VL - 26
SP - S8-S16
JO - Indian Journal of Palliative Care
JF - Indian Journal of Palliative Care
IS - 5
ER -