NELS-National-Report-2023

Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023

Q3.

How long had they been ill before they died?

1.1 Background information

They were not ill — they died suddenly

1 

 GO TO Q103.

Less than 24 hours

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Q1.

What was your relationship to the person who died? 1  Husband/wife/civil partner/ partner 2  Son/daughter 3  Brother/sister 4  Parent 5  Other relative 6  Friend/neighbour 7  Sta΍ in care home 8  Warden (sheltered accommodation) 9  Other:

One day or more, but less than one week One week or more, but less than one month One month or more, but less than six months Six months or more, but less than one year

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6 

One year or more

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Q4a.

Did they spend any time being cared for at home during the last three months of life? 1  Yes  GO TO Q4b.

No, they were in a hospital, hospice, nursing home or a residential care facility for the whole three months

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 GO TO Q22a.

Q2.

This question is about the illnesses the person who died had in the last days and hours of their life. (Please tick ALL the illnesses they had in the last days of life.)

Q.4b Please write the name of the town/village and county where they were cared for at home: Town/village:

Cancer (including leukaemia and lymphoma)

1 

2  COVID-19 3  Dementia 4  Heart condition (e.g. heart failure)

County:

5  Inȵuenza or pneumonia 6  Lung condition (e.g. COPD)

1  Carlow 2  Cavan 3  Clare 4  Cork 5  Donegal 6  Dublin

14  Longford

15  Louth 16  Mayo 17  Meath

7  Neurological condition (including stroke, motor neuron disease) 8  End stage renal (kidney) disease 9  Don’t know 10  Something else:

18  Monaghan

19  O΍aly

7  Galway

20  Roscommon

21  Sligo

8  Kerry

9  Kildare

22  Tipperary

10  Kilkenny 11  Laois 12  Leitrim 13  Limerick

23  Waterford

24  Westmeath

25  Wexford

26  Wicklow

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