Essay On Palliative Care

Figure one states that 94.8% of the respondents have heard of hospice care services. Breaking that down to 47.5% of the respondents hearing a lot about hospice services and 47.3% of the respondents hearing a little about hospice services. Only 5.2% of the respondents reported not hearing anything about hospice services at all. Comparing that to the amount of the respondents in figure eight, hearing about palliative care which is 37.4%. Over half of the respondents, 62.6% had said that they have not heard of palliative care at all. Whereas less than one-fourth, 23.6% have heard a little of palliative care. Even less of the respondents have heard a lot of palliative care, 13.8%. Figure two of the internet report asks where respondents had

This is important as many people will end up using this service in their lifetime. If I ever had to use one, hospice care is what I would prefer mostly due to the comfort of my own home. However, it is upsetting that nearly 50% of those that have heard of it, do not know all that much about it. There is a huge difference when looking at the respondent’s knowledge of palliative care as shown in figure eight. It seems hospice is a more popular term when it comes to elderly care. More than half said they had never even heard of palliative care. This particularly surprises me, as you would expect the majority to have at least some knowledge of the care service. It does not surprise me in figure two and nine that the respondents had heard of hospice and palliative mostly through someone that uses as we are social beings. The younger generation would likely report learning from a website or social media as the number one source of information. Not knowing on whether Medicare would pay for hospice or palliative care as shown in figure five and 12 is understandable, as myself have no idea and am enrolled in a class that specializes in