Hospice News August 28, 2023
Employee and patient safety concerns represent a barrier to hospice care among underserved, urban communities, particularly those with higher crime rates.
Seniors in high-crime communities are often disproportionately impacted by the hazardous conditions of their neighborhoods, including the seriously and terminally ill.
An “unhealthy” neighborhood yields dysfunction, imbalance and uncertainty, which can create barriers to hospice access, according to Dr. Lenny Marshall, director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Big Bend Hospice Inc. The hospice provider has an eight-county service region in the Tallahassee, Florida area.
“High crime is a main ingredient in producing health inequity by introducing the issue of safety in delivering much needed health services,” Marshall told Hospice News in an email. “The higher the crime rate,...
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