COVID Conversations | In The News

This page includes links to COVID-19-related news, blog posts, and research.

Advance Care Planning

• Getting Ahead Of COVID-19 Issues: Dying From Respiratory Failure Out Of The Hospital | Joanne Lynn| Health Affairs | April 1, 2020
• Preparing Eldercare for a Surge of Covid-19 Deaths | Joanne Lynn | MediCaring.org | March 24, 2020
• It’s Time to Get Serious About End-of-Life Care for High-Risk Coronavirus Patients | Time | Jessica Gold and Shoshana Ungerleider| March 30, 2020
• OPINION: The Heightened Importance of Advance Care Planning Now | Mariana Khawand-Azoulai | Next Avenue | March 26, 2020
• A Call to Action: Advance Care Planning Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic | Aretha Delight Davis | ACP Decisions | March 23, 2020
• Want to Help Save Hospitals from Being Overwhelmed – Fill Out that Medical Directive Now | Washington Post 
• Finding the Right Words About COVID-19 | Kate Meyers | California Health Care Foundation | March 26, 2020
• The Importance of Addressing Advance Care Planning and Decisions About Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders During Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) | JAMA Network | March 22, 2020
• Influence of Institutional Culture and Policies on Do-Not-Resuscitate Decision Making at the End of Life | JAMA Internal Medicine | May 2015  
• Improving Do-Not-Resuscitate Discussions: A Framework for Physicians | The Journal of Supportive Oncology | Nov 2010

COVID-19 Impact

• States Modify Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Waivers to Respond to COVID-19 | National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) Blog | March 31,2020
• Italy’s Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported | Wall Street Journal | April 1, 2020

Regulations & Waivers

• CMS Waives Hospice Rules During Pandemic, Further Expands Telehealth | Hospice News | March 30, 2020

Self-Care

• There’s No Algorithm For Empathy | Hannah B. Wild | Health Affairs | Feb 2020

Ethical Considerations

• An Ethicist on How to Make Impossible Decisions | The Atlantic | April 1, 2020
• HHS Warns States Not To Put People With Disabilities At The Back Of The Line For Care | NPR | March 28, 2020
• A Framework for Rationing Ventilators and Critical Care Beds During the COVID-19 Pandemic | JAMA Network | March 27, 2020
• Hospital Plans Comfort Measures for Dying Coronavirus Patients When Ventilators Run Out | Metro UK | March 27, 2020
• Hospitals consider universal do-not-resuscitate orders for coronavirus patients | Ariana Eunjung Cha | The Washington Post |March 25, 2020

Skilled Nursing Facilities And Assisted Living

• Coronavirus Strikes at Least 2,100 Senior Facilities Across U.S., Killing 2,300 People | Wall Street Journal | April 10, 2020
• Should You Consider Taking a Loved One Out of a Long-Term-Care Facility Now? | Next Avenue | March 30, 2020
• A Pragmatist’s Advice for Nursing Homes | Joanne Lynn, MD, MA, MS | MediCaring.org | March 28, 2020