Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023
Q7.
Overall, did you feel they were treated with respect and dignity by the public health nurse? 1 Yes, always 2 Yes, sometimes 3 No 4 They did not see the public health nurse In the last three months of their life, if your relative or friend required a home visit from their GP, were they available to visit? 1 Yes, always 2 Yes, sometimes 3 No
2.1 Care at home
The following questions are about care received in the last three months of life at home. Please note that there are questions later in the questionnaire speciȴcally related to care in the last two days of life. If your relative or friend did not spend any time at home in the last three months of their life please go to Q22a.
Q8.
Q5.
When your relative or friend was at home in the last three months of their life, did they get care and support at home from any of the services listed below? These may be provided by dierent organisations, such as voluntary organisations, a private agency or the HSE. (Tick all that apply)
They did not need a home visit from the GP
4
Don’t know
5
A public health nurse (sometimes called a PHN, district nurse or community nurse) A paid carer (sometimes called home help or a care assistant) A community palliative care nurse (sometimes called a homecare nurse, or hospice nurse)
Q9.
Overall, did you feel your relative or friend was treated with respect and dignity by their GP in the last three months of their life? 1 Yes, always 2 Yes, sometimes 3 No 4 They did not see their GP 5 Don’t know
1
2
3
4
A nurse at night
A GP (general practitioner/family doctor)
5
Social worker Pharmacist
6
Q10. If your relative or friend wanted to talk to the GP about their condition, treatment or tests, did they have an opportunity to do so? 1 Yes, deȴnitely 2 Yes, to some extent 3 No 4 They did not want to talk to the GP 5 Don’t know
7
Occupational therapist (OT)
8
Physiotherapist
9
They did not receive care and support from these services
GO TO Q22a.
10
GO TO Q22a.
Don’t know
11
In the last three months of their life, if your relative or friend required a home visit from the public health nursing team (sometimes referred to as the PHN, district nurse or community nurse) were they available to visit? 1 Yes, always 2 Yes, sometimes 3 No
Q6.
Q11. In the last three months of their life, if
your 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 (after 5pm, at night and weekends) were they available to visit? 1 Yes, always 2 Yes, sometimes 3 No
They did not need a home visit from the public health nursing team GO TO Q8.
4
They did not need a home visit from their GP (family doctor) or the GP out of hours service
4
Don’t know
GO TO Q8.
5
Don’t know
5
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