Tania joined the University of Greenwich in 2014. Prior to this, she worked as an Associate Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, lecturing in palliative and end of life care. Her practice in palliative care before coming into higher education covered a range of provision, from working in a hospice unit, as a community clinical nurse specialist and then as a Macmillan Clinical Nurse specialist in the acute sector.
Speaking with Tania, it is clear that she is extremely passionate about palliative care in the community. She spent over three months volunteering at the Heart of Kent Hospice during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Tania said "Quite often, when a patient is dying, you hear the doctor saying that there is nothing else they can do. But there is always more to do, whether that be giving the patient the choice of where to die or providing their loved ones with support, there is always more to be done." Tania added that all too often, dying patients are escorted to hospital when they may be happier and more comfortable passing away in their own home or a hospice.
The handbook is an essential guide to caring for the community palliative care patient in relation to COVID-19, when the patient's preferred place of care is at home or the hospice. Supported by applicable case studies from a range of community care settings, this guide will be relevant to anyone affected by the challenges of COVID-19 when managing end-of-life patients or caring for older people, including paramedics, nurses and palliative care providers. The case studies in question are from University of Greenwich graduates who now work as paramedics and district nurses as well as staff at the hospice itself.
Everyone involved in the book has agreed to donate their writer's fees to the Heart of Kent Hospice. Furthermore, the book will be dedicated to the front-line workers and those who have lost their lives to Covid-19.Community Palliative Care and COVID-19 which Tania co-authored with Georgina Parker, Medical Director at the Hospice, is due to be released on 9th November 2020.
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