COVID-19 Resources

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COVID-19 has changed so many things. It has also underscored the importance of understanding what matters most to seriously ill patients.

Below are a few resources adapted to the current pandemic.

ACP Tools: COVID-19 Adaptations

• Serious Illness Care Program COVID-19 Response Toolkit Ariadne Labs

• COVID Ready Communication Playbook VITALtalk

• COVID-19 Resources PREPARE for your care

• COVID-19 Resources Respecting Choices

• CAPC COVID-19 Response Resources Center to Advance Palliative Care

• The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Decision Aids: COVID-19 related

  • Should I go to live elsewhere or stay in my retirement/assisted living home?

  • Should I or my family member go to live with family or stay in long-term care or nursing home?

  • Dois-je aller vivre ailleurs ou rester dans ma maison de retraite ou ma résidence pour personne semi-autonome?

  • Devrais-je aller vivre avec mes proches ou rester dans mon établissement de soins de longue durée ou de soins infirmiers?

On the importance of ACP now

• Getting Ahead of COVID-19 Issues: Dying From Respiratory Failure out of the Hospital by Joanne Lynn. Health Affairs Blog.

• The importance of addressing advance care planning and decisions about D0-Not-Resusciate orders during Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) by J. Randall Curtis, Erin I. Kross, and Renee D. Stapleton. JAMA