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Rev Infirm ; 72(291): 35-36, 2023 May.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-20233484

ABSTRACT

Foot reflexology is the use of massage and acupressure techniques on the feet, which represent each organ of the human body. The reflexologist knows precisely the anatomy of the body and the reflex points on the feet in order to relieve and treat the person's problems. A team from the University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand shares a very positive experience, unfortunately interrupted by the Covid-19 health crisis.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Palliative Care , Humans , Caregivers , Foot , Massage/methods
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Rev Infirm ; 72(287): 38-39, 2023 Jan.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2281506

ABSTRACT

The Covid-19 pandemic led healthcare professionals to reconsider their work organization and some of their practices, in order to respond to the health emergency and the importance of care needs. While hospital teams managed the most serious and complex health situations, home care workers also made significant efforts to redeploy their rounds, to take care of and accompany patients at the end of their lives and their loved ones while managing hygiene constraints. A nurse looks back on one of these cases and the questions it raised.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Terminal Care , Humans , Palliative Care , Pandemics , COVID-19/epidemiology , Hospitals
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Medecine Palliative ; 22(1):34-41, 2023.
Article in English | Scopus | ID: covidwho-2242512

ABSTRACT

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on treatment teams, including the palliative care mobile team (PCMT). During the first epidemic wave, some institutions decided to deploy professionals working in these PCMT to care services to strengthen the workforce. The health executive and the head of department of the PCMT 37, in agreement with the management of the university hospital of Tours, decided to maintain the whole PCMT in their usual duty, enabling them to continue their mission, within and outside the hospital. Whilst, looking back at the period, we thought about the specific roles played by the nurses of PCMT during the COVID crisis, from February to December 2020. We managed to bring out three major axes that structured our actions: (a) an efficient compagnionship, which helped the reshuffled teams regain their professional identity and the notion of teamwork. (b) practical training around symptoms related to COVID-19 and end of life with an adjustment on representations on palliative care, with the aim of avoiding that COVID patients are all considered terminally ill (c) through mediation, a support for people working on site to get to grips with the various recommendations. Relying on our reflexive practice, on our capacity to adapt and on our experience of coping with uncertainty, we were able to be proactive and hence, play a relevant role in this sanitary crisis. © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS;En 2020, la pandémie COVID-19 a impacté l'organisation des équipes de soin y compris celle des équipes mobiles de soins palliatifs (EMSP). Lors de la première vague épidémique, certaines institutions ont fait le choix de déployer les professionnels de ces équipes dans les services de soins pour renforcer les effectifs. Le cadre de santé et le chef de service de l'EMSP37 en accord avec la direction du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours, ont décidé de maintenir dans leurs fonctions l'ensemble des professionnels de leur équipe, permettant la poursuite des missions intra et extra hospitalières. A posteriori, nous avons réfléchi aux fonctions spécifiques exercées par les infirmières d'EMSP dans la crise COVID de février à décembre 2020. Nous avons pu ainsi dégager trois grands axes ayant structuré nos actions: (a) un compagnonnage solidaire et étayant afin d'aider les équipes remaniées à retrouver leur identité professionnelle et la notion de collectif;(b) des formations pratiques autour des symptômes liés à la COVID-19 et à la fin de vie avec un ajustement sur les représentations sur les soins palliatifs, dans l'objectif d'éviter que les patients COVID soient tous considérés en phase terminale (c) une aide à l'appropriation des multiples recommandations par un travail de médiation. C'est en nous appuyant sur notre pratique réflexive, notre capacité d'adaptation et notre habitude à composer avec l'incertitude, que nous avons pu être force de propositions et ainsi tenir une place pertinente dans cette crise sanitaire. © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS

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Medecine Palliative ; 2022.
Article in English, French | Scopus | ID: covidwho-2049655

ABSTRACT

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on treatment teams, including the palliative care mobile team (PCMT). During the first epidemic wave, some institutions decided to deploy professionals working in these PCMT to care services to strengthen the workforce. The health executive and the head of department of the PCMT 37, in agreement with the management of the university hospital of Tours, decided to maintain the whole PCMT in their usual duty, enabling them to continue their mission, within and outside the hospital. Whilst, looking back at the period, we thought about the specific roles played by the nurses of PCMT during the COVID crisis, from February to December 2020. We managed to bring out three major axes that structured our actions: (a) an efficient compagnionship, which helped the reshuffled teams regain their professional identity and the notion of teamwork. (b) practical training around symptoms related to COVID-19 and end of life with an adjustment on representations on palliative care, with the aim of avoiding that COVID patients are all considered terminally ill (c) through mediation, a support for people working on site to get to grips with the various recommendations. Relying on our reflexive practice, on our capacity to adapt and on our experience of coping with uncertainty, we were able to be proactive and hence, play a relevant role in this sanitary crisis. © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS En 2020, la pandémie COVID-19 a impacté l'organisation des équipes de soin y compris celle des équipes mobiles de soins palliatifs (EMSP). Lors de la première vague épidémique, certaines institutions ont fait le choix de déployer les professionnels de ces équipes dans les services de soins pour renforcer les effectifs. Le cadre de santé et le chef de service de l'EMSP37 en accord avec la direction du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours, ont décidé de maintenir dans leurs fonctions l'ensemble des professionnels de leur équipe, permettant la poursuite des missions intra et extra hospitalières. A posteriori, nous avons réfléchi aux fonctions spécifiques exercées par les infirmières d'EMSP dans la crise COVID de février à décembre 2020. Nous avons pu ainsi dégager trois grands axes ayant structuré nos actions: (a) un compagnonnage solidaire et étayant afin d'aider les équipes remaniées à retrouver leur identité professionnelle et la notion de collectif;(b) des formations pratiques autour des symptômes liés à la COVID-19 et à la fin de vie avec un ajustement sur les représentations sur les soins palliatifs, dans l'objectif d’éviter que les patients COVID soient tous considérés en phase terminale (c) une aide à l'appropriation des multiples recommandations par un travail de médiation. C'est en nous appuyant sur notre pratique réflexive, notre capacité d'adaptation et notre habitude à composer avec l'incertitude, que nous avons pu être force de propositions et ainsi tenir une place pertinente dans cette crise sanitaire. © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS

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Médecine Palliative ; 2022.
Article in French | ScienceDirect | ID: covidwho-2031563

ABSTRACT

Résumé En 2020, la pandémie COVID-19 a impacté l’organisation des équipes de soin y compris celle des équipes mobiles de soins palliatifs (EMSP). Lors de la première vague épidémique, certaines institutions ont fait le choix de déployer les professionnels de ces équipes dans les services de soins pour renforcer les effectifs. Le cadre de santé et le chef de service de l’EMSP37 en accord avec la direction du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours, ont décidé de maintenir dans leurs fonctions l’ensemble des professionnels de leur équipe, permettant la poursuite des missions intra et extra hospitalières. A posteriori, nous avons réfléchi aux fonctions spécifiques exercées par les infirmières d’EMSP dans la crise COVID de février à décembre 2020. Nous avons pu ainsi dégager trois grands axes ayant structuré nos actions : (a) un compagnonnage solidaire et étayant afin d’aider les équipes remaniées à retrouver leur identité professionnelle et la notion de collectif ;(b) des formations pratiques autour des symptômes liés à la COVID-19 et à la fin de vie avec un ajustement sur les représentations sur les soins palliatifs, dans l’objectif d’éviter que les patients COVID soient tous considérés en phase terminale (c) une aide à l’appropriation des multiples recommandations par un travail de médiation. C’est en nous appuyant sur notre pratique réflexive, notre capacité d’adaptation et notre habitude à composer avec l’incertitude, que nous avons pu être force de propositions et ainsi tenir une place pertinente dans cette crise sanitaire. Summary In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on treatment teams, including the palliative care mobile team (PCMT). During the first epidemic wave, some institutions decided to deploy professionals working in these PCMT to care services to strengthen the workforce. The health executive and the head of department of the PCMT 37, in agreement with the management of the university hospital of Tours, decided to maintain the whole PCMT in their usual duty, enabling them to continue their mission, within and outside the hospital. Whilst, looking back at the period, we thought about the specific roles played by the nurses of PCMT during the COVID crisis, from February to December 2020. We managed to bring out three major axes that structured our actions: (a) an efficient compagnionship, which helped the reshuffled teams regain their professional identity and the notion of teamwork. (b) practical training around symptoms related to COVID-19 and end of life with an adjustment on representations on palliative care, with the aim of avoiding that COVID patients are all considered terminally ill (c) through mediation, a support for people working on site to get to grips with the various recommendations. Relying on our reflexive practice, on our capacity to adapt and on our experience of coping with uncertainty, we were able to be proactive and hence, play a relevant role in this sanitary crisis.

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Medecine Palliative ; 21(5):235-243, 2022.
Article in English, French | Scopus | ID: covidwho-2015846

ABSTRACT

At Paris’ Saint-Louis hospital, the collaboration and organisation of the ER teams and those from the palliative care units was completely transformed, at least for a time, by the brutal arrival of SARS-CoV-2. Faced with the necessity of the moment, and initiated by the mobile palliative care team, the absence of structured exchanges of information was replaced with a daily briefing within the ER hospitalisation unit, with the aim of anticipating a possible request to quantify any patients requiring evaluation and palliative care on-site, as well as accompanying the ER doctors and other medical staff present. Beyond describing the patients taken into care under this system, and the benefits in terms of palliative care, a qualitative study conducted with ER doctors allowed us to evaluate the real and perceived benefits, and to conclude that a greater presence of the mobile accompaniment and palliative care team at ER allows for better use of their resources and a subsequent modification of the care pipeline for certain patients. This work shows the fundamental contribution that a mobile palliative care team can make in receiving and treating ER patients, while also improving the experience of the teams faced daily with individuals at the end of their lives. However, it also brings to light a patent lack of palliative care culture in ER services, as well as the absence of a reflex to make use of this type of expertise systematically, despite the benefits being universally acknowledged, opening the way for the joint development of veritable palliative care for acute cases. © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS En matière de collaboration entre les équipes d'urgences et celles de soins palliatifs de l'hôpital Saint-Louis (AP–HP, Paris), l'irruption brutale du SARS-CoV-2 et ses conséquences sur l'afflux de patients et l'organisation des soins ont, pour un temps au moins, changé la donne. Contraints par la nécessité du moment, et sous l'impulsion de l’équipe mobile de soins palliatifs, l'absence d’échanges structurés a fait place à un échange quotidien au sein de l'unité d'hospitalisation des urgences afin d'anticiper un éventuel appel, de recenser sur place les patients pouvant bénéficier d'un avis et d'une prise en charge palliatifs, mais également d'accompagner les urgentistes et les soignants présents. Au-delà de la description des patients ainsi pris en charge et du bénéfice en termes de prise en charge palliative, une étude qualitative réalisée auprès des urgentistes nous permet d’évaluer le bénéfice réel et ressenti et d'affirmer qu'une présence renforcée de l'EMASP aux urgences permet une meilleure utilisation de ces ressources et une modification subséquente du parcours de certains patients. Ce travail met en évidence la contribution fondamentale que peut apporter une équipe mobile de soins palliatifs à la prise en charge des patients aux urgences et au mieux-être d’équipes quotidiennement confrontées à la fin de vie. Il fait néanmoins apparaître un défaut patent de culture palliative aux urgences ainsi qu'un manque de réflexe de recours à ce type d'expertise alors que les bénéfices en sont unanimement reconnus, et ouvre ainsi la porte au développement conjoint d'une véritable médecine palliative de l'aigu. © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS

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Médecine Palliative ; 2022.
Article in French | ScienceDirect | ID: covidwho-1814959

ABSTRACT

Résumé En matière de collaboration entre les équipes d’urgences et celles de soins palliatifs de l’hôpital Saint-Louis (AP-HP, Paris), l’irruption brutale du SARS-CoV-2 et ses conséquences sur l’afflux de patients et l’organisation des soins ont, pour un temps au moins, changé la donne. Contraints par la nécessité du moment, et sous l’impulsion de l’équipe mobile de soins palliatifs, l’absence d’échanges structurés a fait place à un échange quotidien au sein de l’unité d’hospitalisation des urgences afin d’anticiper un éventuel appel, de recenser sur place les patients pouvant bénéficier d’un avis et d’une prise en charge palliatifs, mais également d’accompagner les urgentistes et les soignants présents. Au-delà de la description des patients ainsi pris en charge et du bénéfice en termes de prise en charge palliative, une étude qualitative réalisée auprès des urgentistes nous permet d’évaluer le bénéfice réel et ressenti et d’affirmer qu’une présence renforcée de l’EMASP aux urgences permet une meilleure utilisation de ces ressources et une modification subséquente du parcours de certains patients. Ce travail met en évidence la contribution fondamentale que peut apporter une équipe mobile de soins palliatifs à la prise en charge des patients aux urgences et au mieux-être d’équipes quotidiennement confrontées à la fin de vie. Il fait néanmoins apparaitre un défaut patent de culture palliative aux urgences ainsi qu’un manque de réflexe de recours à ce type d’expertise alors que les bénéfices en sont unanimement reconnus, et ouvre ainsi la porte au développement conjoint d’une véritable médecine palliative de l’aigu. Summary At Paris' Saint-Louis hospital, the collaboration and organisation of the ER teams and those from the palliative care units was completely transformed, at least for a time, by the brutal arrival of SARS-CoV-2. Faced with the necessity of the moment, and initiated by the mobile palliative care team, the absence of structured exchanges of information was replaced with a daily briefing within the ER hospitalisation unit, with the aim of anticipating a possible request to quantify any patients requiring evaluation and palliative care on-site, as well as accompanying the ER doctors and other medical staff present. Beyond describing the patients taken into care under this system, and the benefits in terms of palliative care, a qualitative study conducted with ER doctors allowed us to evaluate the real and perceived benefits, and to conclude that a greater presence of the mobile accompaniment and palliative care team at ER allows for better use of their resources and a subsequent modification of the care pipeline for certain patients. This work shows the fundamental contribution that a mobile palliative care team can make in receiving and treating ER patients, while also improving the experience of the teams faced daily with individuals at the end of their lives. However, it also brings to light a patent lack of palliative care culture in ER services, as well as the absence of a reflex to make use of this type of expertise systematically, despite the benefits being universally acknowledged, opening the way for the joint development of veritable palliative care for acute cases.

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Bull Cancer ; 109(4): 396-408, 2022 Apr.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1729594

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 epidemic, the lockdown measures were associated with professional guidelines to care for patients. We noticed that the home nursing care of some patients monitored in supportive care wards were interrupted. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of lockdown on the home nursing care of patients monitored in supportive care wards. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This observational, descriptive, monocentric, and prospective study was conducted in the supportive care wards from the 04.20 to the 05.15.2020 among 100 patients. They were asked about their home nursing care and their frequency before and after lockdown. Our study received a favorable ruling from the ethics committee of the Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg. RESULTS: About two thirds of patients had experienced a change with their home nursing care. A complete interruption was observed for 40% of them and a reduction of frequency for 10% of them. Some populations were more deeply affected: patients with a performance status 3-4, women, patients living alone or patients with motor disability. The interruption of a task usually performed by a professional was observed for 49% of patients, with the task becoming incumbent on the patient or family caregivers. CONCLUSION: Our study shows a strong impact of the lockdown on the home nursing care of our patients in spite of the professional guidelines encouraging continuity of care. Our study underlines the great importance of protecting the access to care of the most vulnerable patients.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Disabled Persons , Home Care Services , Motor Disorders , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/prevention & control , Communicable Disease Control , Female , Home Nursing , Humans , Prospective Studies
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Soins ; 66(855): 41-43, 2021 May.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1261965

ABSTRACT

The unprecedented covid-19 health crisis required emergency measures to be put in place. The main aim was to prevent the pandemic from spreading within care homeof Côte Fleurie (14), while limiting the negative effects of the lockdown. It was also necessary to anticipate the support needed by residents receiving palliative care in a new and unique context.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Communicable Disease Control , Humans , Palliative Care , Pandemics , SARS-CoV-2
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Soins ; 66(855): 39-40, 2021 May.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1261964

ABSTRACT

What risks does coronavirus pose to people not infected with covid in palliative care? Between certain death and uncertain covid, how can caregivers support what helps patients live while protecting them from what could make them die? It is important to be aware of what is vital to protect, but also examine the advantages and limitations of the digitalisation of care.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing , Humans , Palliative Care , SARS-CoV-2
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Soins ; 66(855): 37-38, 2021 May.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1261963

ABSTRACT

Faced with the covid-19 epidemic, palliative care professionals, working at home, in nursing homes or hospitals, have played an essential role. They have demonstrated their creativity and ability to adapt in order to change their organisation and continue their missions of supporting, training and guiding patients, their families and professionals in the field.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing , Humans , Nursing Homes , Palliative Care , SARS-CoV-2
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