Trauma-Informed End-of-Life Care

NHPCO is committed to ensuring hospice and palliative professionals and volunteers are knowledgeable about trauma-informed end-of-life care and that they practice in manner that actively resists traumatization or re-traumatization of those receiving and providing care. To this end, NHPCO has formed a Work Group to define the term, educate hospice and palliative care professionals and volunteers, and support the provision of trauma-informed end-of-life care.

• • • Trauma Informed Care for Persons with Dementia, Brain Failure and Cognitive Impairment (Hospice of the Western Reserve, Inc.)
    • Questions and Answers about Trauma-Informed End-of-Life Care
    • Trauma Informed End-of-Life Care
    • E-OL Course on Trauma‐Informed End-of-Life Care 
    • Trauma-Informed End-of-Life Care Resources
    • We Honor Veterans Trauma-Informed Care Resources
    • Caring for Holocaust Survivors with Sensitivity at End of Life: A Guidebook for Clinicians (MJHS)
    • Trauma-Informed End-of-Life Care Work Group

Resources for Easing Stress and Trauma in Time of COVID-19

• • • COVID-19 Lessons: The Alignment of Palliative Medicine and Trauma-Informed Care (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
    • National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
    • Stress First Aid for Long-Term Care Staff
    • COVID-19: Where Doctors Can Get Help for Emotional Distress.
    • The Wellness Society’s workbook addressing anxiety in the time of COVID-19.
    • The National Center for PTSD continuously posts resources related to COVID-19.
    • Ithaca College Gerontology Institute has resources for older adults and caregivers.