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dc.contributor.authorRoland, Kunz
dc.contributor.authorMarkus, Minder
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-05T19:38:48Z
dc.date.available2020-05-05T19:38:48Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-24
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20235en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12663/1320
dc.description.abstractWhile the whole population is at risk from infection with the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), older people – often frail and subject to multimorbidity – are at highest risk for severe and fatal disease. Experience from Italy shows a median age at death of 79 years for men and 82 for women. Severe illness with an uncertain outcome and end-of-life situations call for good palliative care for the patients concerned. The Association for Geriatric Palliative Medicine (FGPG) promotes the integration of a palliative care approach and skills into the care of elderly and very elderly people – both in the inpatient setting and at home. The current pandemic and the publication of the SAMS Guidelines “COVID-19 pandemic: triage for intensive-care treatment under resource scarcity” have prompted the FGPG to prepare these recommendations for practice.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectCoronavirusen_US
dc.subjectInfectious Diseasesen_US
dc.subjectAgeden_US
dc.subjectNursing Homesen_US
dc.titleCOVID-19 pandemic: palliative care for elderly and frail patients at home and in residential and nursing homesen_US
eihealth.countryOthersen_US
eihealth.categoryClinical characterization and managementen_US
eihealth.typePublished Articleen_US
eihealth.maincategorySave Lives / Salvar Vidasen_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSwiss Medical Weeklyen_US


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