Home Care

Below are guidelines for various audiences on caring for COVID-19 infected individuals in home settings and preventing the spread to other household members.

Guidelines

COVID 19 Home Isolation Training Material
A series of resources created by a group of Indian rural health physicians for healthcare workers and the general population that can be utilized to assess and mitigate COVID-19 symptoms at home.

  • Language: English, Hindi 
  • For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations 
  • Created by: Sangwari People’s Association for Equity and Health. Updated 5/20/2021, 6/8/2021 

Managing COVID at Home
Information on home care, pulse oximetry, rational steroid use, fundraising, and advocacy to mitigate the COVID-19 situation in India.

  • Languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi, Bangla (IN), Hindi, Nepali, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Assamese, Bangla (BD), Kannada, Mizo, GoanKonkani, Bhojputi, Odia, Nagamese, Bhojpuri, Chattisgarhi, Garo, Goan Konkani, Khasi, Kokborok, Maithili, Manipuri, Newari, Paite, Santhali, Sinhala, Tamang, Tibetan, Urdu
  • For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
  • Created by: India COVID SOS

CDC: Possible Items to Include in a Home-Based Care Kit

  • Language: Hindi
  • For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
  • Created by: CDC

CDC: Taking Care of Sick People with COVID-19 at Home

  • Language: Hindi
  • For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
  • Created by: CDC

CDC: 10 Things you can do to manage your COVID-19 symptoms at home

  • Language: Hindi
  • For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
  • Created by: CDC

CDC: Providing Spiritual and Psychosocial Support to people with COVID-19 at Home

  • Language: Urdu
  • For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
  • Created by: CDC

CDC: Ending Home Isolation for Persons with COVID-19 in Non-Healthcare Settings

  • Language: English
  • For: Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations
  • Created by: CDC. Updated 2/18/2021

COVID-19 Home Care – Monitoring Symptoms 

A symptom monitoring sheet for COVID-19 patients at home as well as guidelines on how to conduct the 6-minute walk test.  

  • Language: English 
  • For: General population, Community Health Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Healers, Hospital and Health Systems, Public Health Organizations 
  • Created by: Directorate General of Health Services, Government of India 

*The resources for this section were reviewed by Johns Hopkins University student Varsha Venkatesh, Research Associate Noor Zanial, and Dr. Bhavna Seth on behalf of the Johns Hopkins India Institute COVID-19 Task Force Technical Working Group.