Most U.S. adults ages 50 and older in the United States rated their overall health as good, very good, or excellent in an online survey conducted by WebMD and Capital Caring Health -- but the ratings differed largely by race, employment status, and income.
Although respondents generally embraced telemedicine, they are less confident about some types of monitoring, according to Cone.
He notes that hospice and palliative care can come to patients wherever they reside -- in their home, an assisted living center, a nursing home, or even a hospital room. In the survey, nearly one-third of respondents said they did not know that palliative care is something that “can be given at any stage of a serious illness” or “provides non-medical services .”
The survey showed that while 51% of those 50 and older are at least “slightly interested” in learning more about hospice, a nearly equal number say they are “not at all interested” .More than 90% of those surveyed reported that aspects of hospice care, including “comfort and relief from pain at the end of patients’ lives,” providing a dedicated care team, and an alternative to other care settings, are “very important” or “important.
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