Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023
Figure 3.6 Overall experiences of care received at home by illness
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
22.0%
22.5%
55.5%
Cancer
33.6%
30.3%
36.1%
Covid-19
24.2%
26.1%
49.7%
Dementia
23.3%
28.3%
48.4%
Heart condition
26.2%
32.4%
41.4%
Influenza or pneumonia
24.4%
29.9%
45.7%
Lung condition
19.1%
28.4%
52.6%
Neurological condition
21.7%
25.9%
52.4%
End stage renal disease
23.8%
23.8%
52.4%
Don't know
24.0%
31.8%
44.2%
Something else
Fair to poor (0 to 6)
Good (7 to 8)
Very good (9 to 10)
Summary of findings: Care at home in the last three months of life
In total, 2,525 bereaved relatives said that the person who died had spent time being cared for at home during the last three months of their life The highest-scoring question concerned being treated with respect and dignity by the public health nurse, with 1,747 of 1,917 people (91.1%) saying that their relative or friend was always treated with respect and dignity by the public health nurse. The lowest-scoring question related to the availability of a GP to visit out of hours, with 579 of 1,482 people (39.1%) saying that the GP was not available to visit if their relative or friend required a home visit from the GP or GP out of hours service for help with urgent problems outside of normal working hours. In total, 78.1% of participants (1,822 of 2,332) rated the overall care that their relative or friend received from healthcare staff at home in the last three months of their life as ‘good’ or ‘very good’.
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