Covid-19 Resources
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Admission and Care of Residents during COVID-19 Incident in a Care Home
Advance Care Planning by phone or video
Guidance
This framework has been designed to support GPs to have advance care planning conversations
with patients by phone or video, in the context of COVID-19. It is a tool to help you have honest
and open conversations.
Advice and support dedicated telephone line for professionals
Helpline
If you need any advice or support during this time, please call us on 020 8768 4582
Avoid frailty score in Covid-19 guidance when assessing LD patients
Articles
Nursing Times article advising clinicians not to use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) when assessing whether people with learning disabilities and other conditions should be admitted to critical care.
Bite Size Virtual Learning Package: Care Homes and Care at Home Services
SOURCE: St Christopher's | TYPE: Virtual learning
On demand virtual learning delivery of bite size sessions
Bite Size Virtual Learning Package: Doctors
SOURCE: St Christopher's | TYPE: Virtual learning
On demand virtual learning delivery of bite size sessions
Bite Size Virtual Learning Package: Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
SOURCE: St Christopher's | TYPE: Virtual learning
On demand virtual learning delivery of bite size sessions
Caring for your dying relative at home with COVID-19
Guidance
This guidance is produced to help support people who are caring for someone who is dying at home from COVID-19 infection
Clinical guide for the management of palliative care in hospital during the coronavirus pandemic
Guidance
NHS Clinical Guide for Management of Palliative Care in Hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic
Community palliative, end of life and bereavement care in the Covid-19 pandemic
Guidance
A guide to end of life care symptom control when a person is dying from Covid-19 for General Practice Teams, prepared by the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Association for Palliative Medicine.
Coronavirus (Covid-19) if you’re affected by terminal illness
Weblinks and Resource Lists
Marie Curie’s advice on understanding covid-19 if you’re affected by a terminal illness
Coronavirus (Covid-19) if you’re affected by terminal illness
Guidance
Marie Curie’s advice on understanding Covid-19 if you’re affected by a terminal illness:
Coronavirus (COVID-19): looking after people who lack mental capacity
Guidance
Guidance for health and social care staff who are caring for, or treating, a person who lacks the relevant mental capacity.
Coronavirus education programme for End of Life Care
Virtual learning
This programme is freely available to colleagues working in the NHS, independent sector and social care.
Coronavirus resource hub
Weblinks and Resource Lists
The Royal College of GP’s coronavirus resource hub which includes a palliative care section
Coronavirus: resources for people with a learning disability
Weblinks and Resource Lists
Learning Disability Wales guidance resources for Covid-19
Covid-19 Learning Disability Resources
Weblinks and Resource Lists
Carers in Southampton, Covid 19 learning disability resources
COVID-19 rapid guideline: critical care in adults
Guidance
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Covid 19 Guidance on supporting staff who are self-isolating, communicating with patients, remote working and reviewing and stopping critical care treatment
COVID-19 Second Wave webinar series
SOURCE: St Christopher's | TYPE: Webinar
Delivered by our team of experts to provide essential knowledge and skills
Covid-19 useful links
Community palliative, end of life and bereavement care in the Covid-19 pandemic
A guide to end of life care symptom control when a person is dying from Covid-19 for General Practice Teams, prepared by the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Association for Palliative Medicine.
COVID-19: Guidance for community and inpatient services
Guidance
Royal College of Psychiatrists, Community and inpatient services – COVID-19 guidance for clinicians
COVID-19: How to work safely in care homes
COVID-19: Our Action Plan for Adult Social Care
Guidance
HEE guidance: Learning disability
Guidance
HEE guidance: In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, HEE, Skills for Care and the Department of Health and Social Care have decided to extend the deadline for tenders for trial and evaluation partners for the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training to 24 April at 18:00. This was communicated on 18 March, to those who had expressed an interest in bidding. The delay of one month extends the time existing bidders have left to submit from 7 to 26 working days
Information about PPE
Weblinks and Resource Lists
Personal protective equipment (PPE), environmental decontamination, clinical waste and aerosol generating procedures.
Learning Disability Service useful resources
Weblinks and Resource Lists
A range of resources and printable materials from Oxford Health NHS
Managing acute disturbance in the context of COVID-19
Guidance
National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care guidance on supporting patients presenting acute disturbance
Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in care homes
Weblinks and Resource Lists
British Geriatrics Society have developed guidance to help care home staff and NHS staff who work with them to support residents
Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and the COVID-19 crisis
NHS England: Infection control
Weblinks and Resource Lists
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Environmental decontamination, Clinical waste & Aerosol generating procedures
NHS staff support telephone line
Helpline
The NHS have introduced a confidential staff support line, operated by the Samaritans and free to access from 7:00am – 11:00pm, seven days a week.
Putting on PPE – visual support
Videos
YouTube video – Infection prevention control guidance to staff – Donning and Doffing
Saying Goodbye – A Resource for Care Homes
Documents
This new resource aims to support you to acknowledge the losses you, your colleagues and the people you support are experiencing during the Covid – 19 Pandemic. We believe Activity and Care teams can play a vital role in coordinating essential activity related to saying goodbye.
Contributors include Sarah Guyan from St Christopher’s Hospice.
Supporting patients presenting acute disturbance
Guidance
Managing acute disturbance in the context of COVID-19
The Hand Washing Rap
Verification of death procedure in Covid-19 pandemic
Verification of Expected Adult Death virtual training
Training
St Christopher’s has developed an online version of our Verification of Expected Adult Death course for registered nurses to support the urgent need for expertise in this area during this time.
Virtual Learning: Nurse Verification of Expected Adult Death
SOURCE: St Christopher's | TYPE: Virtual learning
On demand virtual learning delivery
Visiting someone who may die soon
Weblinks and Resource Lists
For families: If you are unable to visit someone who is dying – what can you do instead?
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