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Difficulty in continuing home care after informal caregiver was exposed to the COVID‐19: A case report
Author(s) -
Sakamoto Ryo,
Yoshida Makoto,
Bhandari Divya,
Miyatake Hirotomo,
Kosaka Makoto,
Tanimoto Tetsuya,
Kami Masahiro,
Ozaki Akihiko
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5804
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , pandemic , nursing , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , virology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , outbreak
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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