To help deliver compassionate care in #Covid recommend check
1) interests, hobbies, what they talk about usually
2) do they like quiet rooms or background noise e.g radio/tv on?

The soothing effect often marked

I’ve shared my garden when I’ve been less sure
@UHLsue_mason 1/5

Pre-covid teaching about managing palliative emergencies (such as massive bleeds) has always included the importance of presence, ideally a calm one. And how this presence can be more immediately important and successful than drugs 2/5

Some #pallicovid agitation rapidly benefits from calm presence

If you’re able, talk calmly about what they like or find what works for you to be calm too.

I’ve seen profound settling when I’ve verbally walked along beaches & cycled down lanes 3/5

Early in my career, I clearly remember a wonderful nurse transforming a situation with her calm and gentle narrative when I’d felt numb and had no words.

This week she came to mind as I dug deep to find a steady voice to convey a gentle breeze and the smell of mown grass 4/5

In these unsettling, new times, when people are often alone for more time; there is something very special about presence.

Let’s try to talk about the things that matter most. #WeCanDoThis
@Leic_hospital @JuliaLGrant @UHLfox @UHLPalliativec2 5/5

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