A MorseLife Hospice and Palliative Care study focused on advances in hospice care identified changing attitudes regarding medical cannabis. Study authors suggest opportunities exist to better support hospice providers and patients with education, research and policies that elevate the use of medical cannabis. / The study found “overwhelming support” for the use of medical cannabis in a hospice setting. Regardless of legal status, hospice staff members were overwhelmingly in agreement that medical cannabis is appropriate for hospice patients to have access to and use, investigators concluded. Changing attitudes are allowing researchers to gain more insight and information regarding the role that cannabis and CBD can play in hospice and palliative care settings. Published in October 2019 in the Journal of Palliative Medicine, a study gathered medical cannabis views from more than 300 palliative care professionals from over 40 U.S. states.
As Americans age, hospices are exploring new ways to bring peace and calm to the often slow and painful process of end-of-life care. In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that an estimated 1.4 million individuals on Medicare were patients in a hospice setting.
Quadrupling in size over the last 20 years, hospices are investing in creating a patient-centric approach that dismantles the perceptions of some that hospices are unfeeling institutions. From massage to aromatherapy, some hospices are adding to their existing programs to include music and integration of...
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