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COVID-19 Home-based Healthcare and Hospice Resources
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June 19, 2020

Topic Collection: COVID-19 Home-based Healthcare and Hospice Resources

This Topic Collection focuses on plans, tools, templates, and other immediately implementable resources to help with COVID-19 preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts, focusing on home-based healthcare resources.

Please refer to CDC’s Coronavirus Disease 2019 webpage for the most up-to-date clinical guidance on COVID19 outbreak management.

If you have COVID-19 best or promising practices, plans, tools, or templates to share with your peers, please visit the ASPR TRACIE Information Exchange COVID-19 Information Sharing Page (registration required) and place your resources under the relevant topic area. Resources specific to home-based healthcare can be placed under the COVID-19 Home-based Healthcare Resources Topic.

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American Health Care Association, National Center for Assisted Living, and National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. (2020). Guidance on the Role of Hospice Services in LTC Facilities During COVID-19 Pandemic.
This joint document from associations representing the long-term care (LTC) and hospice communities provides guidance on the risk-benefit analysis between implementing strong infection prevention measures and the best interests of LTC residents.
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ASPR TRACIE. (2020). Considerations for Homecare Actions in Infectious Disease Outbreaks.
This ASPR TRACIE TA response summarizes subject matter input received specific to resources and information related to home-based and community healthcare infectious disease preparedness best practices.
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Center to Advance Palliative Care. (2020). COVID-19 Response Resources Toolkit.
This toolkit includes a variety of resources to support the delivery of palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Resources include: communication scripts, symptom management protocols, care team tools and telehealth tools, resilience support, policy trackers, links to guidance, and information for specific settings and populations.
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Harborview Medical Center. (2020). UW Medicine Harborview Medical Center Home Assessment Team (HAT) Workbook – 2019-nCoV Response.
This workbook provides an administrative checklist for actions to take before and after home laboratory specimen collection visits, a personal care checklist for staff, personal protective equipment donning and doffing information for staff, a waste management checklist, patient environment instructions, a supply list, and a diagram depicting set-up at a home.
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Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. (2020). Primary Palliative Nursing for Patients with COVID-19. (Added 6/17/2020.)
This resource page includes patient care guides focused on various aspects of palliative care for COVID-19 patients, including: communication, anxiety, delirium, dyspnea, nausea, pain, terminal secretions, and nursing care and support at end of life.
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Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. (2020). Coronavirus Disease 2019: Home Isolation Instructions for People with COVID-19.
This page include fact sheets in multiple languages on the following topics: home isolation instructions for people with COVID-19, home cleaning instructions, home care instructions for people with respiratory symptoms, what to do if you have symptoms of COVID-19, home quarantine guidance for close contacts to COVID-19, and FAQs: what to do if I'm exposed.
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New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. (2020). 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Interim Guidance for Home and Community Healthcare Workers.
This document provides guidance to home healthcare workers and others providing care to individuals in residences or community settings. It provides background information on COVID-19 and its symptoms, describes precautions, lists planning actions, and describes personal protective equipment and mental health considerations. The final page offers protocols for calling ahead of a visit, what to do on the day of a visit, and what to do if someone in the residence is suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19.
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North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program. (2020). COVID-19 Surge Planning: Considerations for the Home-based Care Population. (Added 5/22/2020.)
This checklist for home-based care administrators helps evaluate capacity and capabilities and apply structures to maximize them for increased patient volume.
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San Francisco Department of Public Health. (2020). Interim Framework for PPE Use by City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) and Contractor Home Health Care Personnel (HCP) Caring for Clients with Suspected or Confirmed, Including Asymptomatic, COVID-19.
This document provides guidance to home health agencies, in-home caregivers, and community residential facilities. It includes background information on COVID-19 and offers to steps to protect both clients and caregivers.
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Washington Department of Health. (2020). COVID-19 Home Health/Home Care Guidance.
The following is guidance for staff of home care, home health, and hospice agencies to use when helping clients or patients around the house, helping them with personal care, or providing in-home clinical care.
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Agencies and Organizations

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Resources to Address Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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National Association for Home Care and Hospice. Coronavirus Resources for Home Care and Hospice.
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National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care. COVID-19 Resources.
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National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. COVID-19 Information.
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