Hospice and Palliative Care During COVID-19 in New York City: Clinician-Reported Patient and Family Experiences and Lessons for Future Crises

Junyi Lin, Shih-Yin Lin, Daniel David, Laura T. Moreines, Emily Franzosa, Abraham A. Brody, Melissa D. Aldridge, Dena Schulman-Green, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York, NYU Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing, New York, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®

Published online on February 28, 2026

Abstract

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Ahead of Print.
ObjectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic complicated hospice and palliative care (HPC) experiences of patients and family caregivers. We sought to understand HPC professionals’ perceptions of patients’ and family caregivers’ HPC experiences during the COVID-19 ...