Ensuring Communication Access for All during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Supporting Patients, Providers, and Caregivers in Hospitals

Autor/inn/en	Altschuler, Tami; Santiago, Rachel; Gormley, Jessica
Titel	Ensuring Communication Access for All during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Supporting Patients, Providers, and Caregivers in Hospitals
Quelle	In: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 37 (2021) 3, S.155-167 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gormley, Jessica)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-4618
DOI	10.1080/07434618.2021.1956584
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Communication; Augmentative and Alternative Communication; COVID-19; Pandemics; Patients; Allied Health Personnel; Caregivers; Hospitals; Barriers; Communication Problems; Disabilities; Disease Control + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kommunikation; Patient; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Kommunikationsbarriere; Handicap; Behinderung
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed substantial gaps in communication access for patients across hospital settings. With the rise in positive cases globally, the need for communication enhancement strategies, including augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), has emerged as a critical need. Many resources exist that describe AAC assessment and intervention processes in the acute care setting; however, AAC service provision in the COVID-19 pandemic is fraught with many unanticipated challenges. Patients, providers, and caregivers have encountered significant communication strain both at the bedside and beyond hospital walls, resulting in a communication crisis induced by many COVID-19 related variables. This article describes the sequelae of symptoms a person with COVID-19 may experience, progression of communication needs, and evidence-based solutions to supporting communication access. Barriers related to the COVID-19 pandemic are outlined (e.g., evolving infection control practices, personal protective equipment requirements, visitor policies, and more) along with response recommendations to support communication enhancement efforts for people with and without COVID-19 benefiting from access to AAC. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01