Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023
Figure 5.6 Participants’ overall experiences of care and support by illness
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
18.7%
22.4%
58.9%
Cancer
28.9%
29.8%
41.3%
Covid-19
19.7% 21.3% 22.1%
24.4%
55.9% 53.8% 51.9%
Dementia
24.9%
Heart condition
26.0%
Influenza or pneumonia
27.3%
26.3%
46.4%
Lung condition
18.2%
22.9%
59.0%
Neurological condition
21.6% 22.0%
23.5%
54.9% 51.7% 55.3%
End stage renal disease
26.3%
Something else
29.8%
14.9%
Don't know
Fair to poor (0 to 6)
Good (7 to 8)
Very good (9 to 10)
Figure 5.7 shows participants’ overall experiences of care and support by place of death. The most positive ratings of overall experience of care and support for participants were from bereaved relatives or friends of people who died in a hospice, with 72.4% of people (323 of 446) rating the overall care and support received in a hospice as ‘very good’.
Figure 5.7 Participants’ overall experiences of care and support by place of death
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
In their own home or in the home of a family member of friend
19.0%
21.9%
59.1%
26.5%
26.3%
47.2%
In a hospital
9.2%
18.4%
72.4%
In a hospice
In a nursing home/residential care facility
15.8%
24.0%
60.2%
Fair to poor (0 to 6)
Good (7 to 8)
Very good (9 to 10)
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