Clinical Case Reports (Jul 2022)

Difficulty in continuing home care after informal caregiver was exposed to the COVID‐19: A case report

  • Ryo Sakamoto,
  • Makoto Yoshida,
  • Divya Bhandari,
  • Hirotomo Miyatake,
  • Makoto Kosaka,
  • Tetsuya Tanimoto,
  • Masahiro Kami,
  • Akihiko Ozaki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5804
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 7
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Home care can present many challenges without management. During COVID‐19 pandemic, when an informal caregiver becomes infected and had to isolate themselves, finding another caregiver becomes extremely challenging. For terminally ill patients, who relies on other for even minor tasks, interruption of care could pose severe negative consequences.

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