What do we know about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on hospices? A collaborative multi-stakeholder knowledge synthesis.
John I MacArtneyAbi EcclesJoanna FlemingCatherine GrimleyJeremy DaleKathryn AlmackCatriona MaylandSarah Jane MitchellRuth DriscollRebecca HammondLynn TatnellLesley RobertsPublished in: AMRC open research (2021)
The impacts of many of the changes on hospices have not been fully assessed. It is also not known what the effects upon the quality of care and support are for those with life-limiting conditions and those that care for them. We found that the pandemic has presented a new normative and service context in which quality of care and life itself was valued that is, as yet, poorly understood.