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We sought to understand HPC professionals\u2019 perceptions of patients\u2019 and family caregivers\u2019 HPC experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City and to make recommendations for improving HPC delivery during future public health crises.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a qualitative descriptive study among a purposive, multidisciplinary sample of HPC team members at two large New York City metro hospice care organizations and one outpatient palliative care practice. Following individual interviews, we analyzed demographic data using descriptive statistics and interview data using inductive thematic analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Participants (n = 30) included nurses, physicians, social workers, chaplains, community health workers, and administrators and averaged 17 years in their profession and 10 years in HPC. Three themes characterized their perspectives on patient and family caregiver HPC experiences.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Grappling with Tensions<\/jats:italic>\n                      captured strains arising from a time of high patient\/family needs and low HPC resources that related to care resources\/delivery, patient-caregiver-HPC communication, and hospice policy\/guidelines.\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Managing Dilemmas<\/jats:italic>\n                      involved negotiating difficult choices around prioritizing patients for care by diagnosis\/need, balancing necessary care and exposure risks, and prioritizing patient visitors (family\/professionals).\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Experiencing Amplifications<\/jats:italic>\n                      described intensification of existing HPC challenges including distressing deaths, misconceptions of hospice, family caregiver burden\/distress, racial\/ethnic disparities, and staff workload and turnover.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To strengthen HPC delivery during crises that disrupt in-person HPC, we recommend enhancing continuity of care, expanding telehealth within hybrid care models, providing structured training and support for family caregivers, improving equitable access to high-quality HPC, and addressing workforce issues.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/10499091261424420","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,28]],"date-time":"2026-02-28T14:20:35Z","timestamp":1772288435000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Hospice and Palliative Care During COVID-19 in New York City: Clinician-Reported Patient and Family Experiences and Lessons for Future Crises"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4696-0392","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Junyi","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shih-Yin","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing"},{"name":"NYU Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"David","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing"},{"name":"NYU Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Laura T.","family":"Moreines","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing"},{"name":"NYU Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Emily","family":"Franzosa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai"},{"name":"James J. 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