Coping With Trauma, Celebrating Life: Reinventing Patient And Staff Support During The COVID-19 Pandemic.
Health Aff (Millwood)
; 39(9): 1597-1600, 2020 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-647542
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presented unprecedented challenges to the New York City Health + Hospitals system. In addition to ramping up capacity and adapting operations quickly to handle the patient surge, NYC Health + Hospitals had to find new ways to provide emotional and psychological support for patients, families, and staff. To help families keep in touch, dedicated staff members provided daily updates by telephone and used tablets for virtual visits. An expanded palliative care team held virtual consultations with families to discuss advance care planning and end-of-life decisions. Bereavement hotlines were set up for families who lost loved ones. Enhanced staff support included one-on-one and group sessions with behavioral health specialists, a behavioral health hotline, a webinar series, and respite rooms, as well as complimentary lodging and child care. NYC Health + Hospitals created new rituals to celebrate recoveries and mourn losses. As regular operations resume, NYC Health + Hospitals plans to sustain and build on emotional and psychological support initiatives developed during the surge.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Burnout, Professional
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Health Personnel
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Coronavirus Infections
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging
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Delivery of Health Care
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Health Aff (Millwood)
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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