New resource! Booklet helps you and your loved ones develop a COVID-19 care plan
New resource! Booklet helps you and your loved ones develop a COVID-19 care plan
Are you caring for someone with COVID-19? Would you like to be prepared in the event a friend, family member or loved one should test positive? Most COVID-19 patients recover at home, so this new online booklet is here to support you!
A few months into the pandemic, Hawaii’s Public Health Nurses and community outreach partners started to notice a growing challenge in the neighborhoods they serve. When someone tests positive for COVID-19, family members suddenly become caregivers. With little knowledge or guidance, many don’t know where to begin when it comes to caring for a loved one while keeping the rest of the family safe and healthy.
Many families become overwhelmed with questions and concerns about caregiving while often struggling to navigate insurance, time away from work and finances while in quarantine or isolation. For those who live in multigenerational homes, everyone is impacted.
Our Public Health Nurses aren’t able to visit every home with a COVID-19 patient. So they looked for another way to deliver the detailed information these patients and caregivers need. They brought this dilemma to state and community partners and brainstormed the best way to help. The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (Emergency Support Function) ESF-8, Community Care/Outreach Unit team conducted extensive statewide surveys of residents and families, as well as health and social service providers, about their needs and concerns during this pandemic.
Many families become overwhelmed with questions and concerns about caregiving while often struggling to navigate insurance, time away from work and finances while in quarantine or isolation. For those who live in multigenerational homes, everyone is impacted.
Our Public Health Nurses aren’t able to visit every home with a COVID-19 patient. So they looked for another way to deliver the detailed information these patients and caregivers need. They brought this dilemma to state and community partners and brainstormed the best way to help. The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (Emergency Support Function) ESF-8, Community Care/Outreach Unit team conducted extensive statewide surveys of residents and families, as well as health and social service providers, about their needs and concerns during this pandemic.
The result is this newly released Home Care for Persons with COVID-19 booklet. Presenting expert advice from trusted sources, the booklet saves Hawaii’s families valuable time trying to search out information and wondering who they can trust. Families can quickly find answers to specific and urgent issues, such as how to take a temperature or use a pulse oximeter and when to call 9-1-1. The easy-to-read booklet also includes a statewide directory of community resources, including isolation and quarantine assistance, crisis and mental health services and foodbanks.
This is also a wonderful resource for any and everyone wanting to learn more about COVID prevention and best practices, such as mask hygiene, recognizing symptoms and contact tracing. Download the Home Care for Persons with COVID-19 booklet or find it under Guidance Documents on HawaiiCOVID19.com/resources/#guidance-documents.
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