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Providing Hospice Care During Covid-19 Hope Hospice has been providing support to patients nearing the end of their lives and their families in southwest Florida for more than 40 years. But since the arrival of Covid-19 they’ve had to modify how they provide services to protect patients and caregivers, and have moved their support groups to virtual settings.

Providing Hospice Care During Covid-19

FromWGCU

By 

Mike Kiniry

, 

Julie Glenn

Since the coronavirus outbreak began spreading we have worked to highlight the ways it is impacting different parts of our community and our lives. Today we explore how Covid-19 has changed the world of hospice care.

Hope Hospice has been providing support to patients nearing the end of their lives and their families in southwest Florida for more than 40 years. But since the arrival of Covid-19 they’ve had to modify how they provide services to protect patients and caregivers, and have moved their support groups to virtual settings.

We talk with its executive director, Samira K. Beckwith, to get a sense of what it’s been like providing hospice and palliative care, and trying to support caregivers and those grieving from the loss of a loved one, during the pandemic.