Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023
Q23. How long had they stayed in a nursing home/residential care facility before they died? 1 Less than one week 2 One to four weeks 3 Five to 12 weeks 4 Longer than 12 weeks
2.2 Care in a nursing home / residential care facility
The following questions are about care provided in a residential care facility, nursing home or long stay care setting during the last three months of life . If your relative or friend did not spend any time in one of these settings in the last three months of their life please go to Q35a. Please note that there are questions later in the questionnaire specifically related to care in the last two days of life.
Q24.
During their stay in the nursing home/residential care facility, if they experienced pain, did healthcare staff do everything they could to relieve it? 1 Yes, definitely 2 Yes, to some extent 3 No 4 They did not have any pain 5 Don’t know During their stay in the nursing home/residential care facility, if they experienced symptoms other than pain (such as nausea, constipation, breathing difficulties or restlessness), did healthcare staff do everything they could to relieve them? 1 Yes, definitely 2 Yes, to some extent 3 No
Q22a. Did your relative or friend stay in a nursing home/residential care facility at any time during the last three months of their life?
Yes, they stayed in a nursing home/residential care facility
1
Q25.
GO TO Q35a.
No
2 3
Don’t know GO TO Q35a.
Q22b.
Please write the name of the nursing home/residential care facility and the county it is located in the space below: Name of nursing home/residential care facility:
They did not have any symptoms
4
County:
Don’t know
1 Carlow 2 Cavan 3 Clare 4 Cork 5 Donegal 6 Dublin 7 Galway 8 Kerry 9 Kildare 10 Kilkenny 11 Laois 12 Leitrim 13 Limerick
14 Longford
5
15 Louth 16 Mayo 17 Meath
Q26. During their stay in the nursing home/residential care facility, did healthcare staff help and support them with their emotional needs
18 Monaghan
(e.g. feeling worried, feeling anxious, feeling low etc.)? 1 Yes, definitely 2 Yes, to some extent 3 No 4
19 Offaly
20 Roscommon
21 Sligo
22 Tipperary 23 Waterford 24 Westmeath
They did not need help with this
Don’t know
5
25 Wexford 26 Wicklow
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