It’s time to suspend hospice social work visits (COVID-19)
Hospice Social Work
MARCH 12, 2020
To reduce the risk of spreading the contagion among the elderly, it’s time for hospice social workers to limit our visits to patients. Until COVID-19 contained, we should only be seeing hospice patients–whether at home or in long-term care facilities–when it’s necessary to do so in order to meet crucial short-term needs. Under normal circumstances, hospice patients benefit from frequent social worker visits even when there isn’t an urgent psychosocial concern.
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