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MorseLife Hospice and Palliative Care has released the results revealing that only 54 percent of Americans consider themselves unfortunate event arise.
of a new online survey of 2,008 U.S. adults age 18+ conducted on religious.
its behalf by The Harris Poll in September 2019. The top three The MorseLife Hospice and Palliative Care Hospice Care Study • General Liability
insights include overwhelming support of medical marijuana, findings show that many Americans are unsure or incorrect about • Property Protection
opinions on religion when dealing with a life-limiting illness and key aspects of hospice care including purpose, length of care and • Medicine Coverage
overall understanding of hospice care. costs. For example, nearly half of Americans (48 percent) are not • Business Income
• Extra Expense Insurance
The survey, released to coincide with National Hospice and aware that hospice is covered by insurance, while 40 percent of • Product Liability
Palliative Care Month in November, found that 87 percent of Americans incorrectly believe that the sole purpose of hospice is
Americans support the use of medical marijuana as a treatment to sedate terminally ill patients to provide pain/anxiety relief. Danna-Gracey is the leading indepen-
option for terminally ill patients, with nearly three in five Further, close to two in five Americans (38 percent) do not know dent medical malpractice insurance
Americans (58%) expressing strong support. that hospice care is designed for people who have six months or agency in Florida, and the top agency
“As the only hospice teaching program in the state of Florida, less to live. for several of the lead-
MorseLife was recently selected to participate in a pilot study on The survey also found that 58 percent of Americans have not ing insurers in Florida.
the use of medical marijuana as an alternative treatment to man- discussed their end-of-life care preferences with anyone in the For more information
age pain, anxiety, depression and reduce reliance on opioids,” said event they become terminally ill, including almost half (45 per- contact Jessica Hoehn
Keith Myers, President and CEO of MorseLife Health System. cent) of those aged 65 and older who say they have not discussed of Danna-Gracey at
888.496.0059.
“The pilot study has the potential to revolutionize treatment pro- it. The top three reasons for avoiding a conversation on the sub-
tocols and it is reaffirming to know that most Americans are sup- ject are aversion to thinking or not being prepared to talk about
portive of our groundbreaking work.” end-of-life-care, and believing they are too young to worry about
Interestingly, the hospice care study also revealed that if they it right now (30 percent each).
were terminally ill and enrolled in hospice care, nearly three quar- Among other findings, the MorseLife Hospice and Palliative
ters of Americans (72 percent) feel it would be important to have Care Hospice Care Study also revealed that there is a gender gap
access to a religious leader of their faith for spiritual guidance dur- in hospice care knowledge, with men being less likely than 888.496.0059 • Jessica@dannagracey.com
ing their hospice care, despite a Pew Research Center study women to be knowledgeable on certain aspects of hospice. www.dannagracey.com

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