NELS-National-Report-2023

Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023

Q36. How long was their last hospital stay? 1  Less than one week 2  One to four weeks 3  Five to 12 weeks 4  Longer than 12 weeks

2.3 Care in an acute hospital

The following questions are about care in an acute hospital (this is a hospital that usually has an emergency department or an urgent care centre, and provides services for inpatients, outpatients and day-case treatments). If your relative or friend did not spend any time in an acute hospital in the last three months of their life please go to Q48a. The questions that follow in this section are about care during your relative or friend’s last hospital stay. Please note that there are questions later in the questionnaire speciȴcally related to care in the last two days of life.

Q37. How many times had they been in hospital in the last three months

including the last admission to hospital? 1  Once 2  Twice 3  Three or more times 4  Not sure During their last stay in hospital, if they experienced pain, did healthcare sta΍ do everything they could to relieve it? 1  Yes, deȴnitely 2  Yes, to some extent 3  No 4  They did not have any pain 5  Don’t know they experienced symptoms other than pain (such as nausea, constipation, breathing diɝculties or restlessness), did healthcare sta΍ do everything they could to relieve them? 1  Yes, deȴnitely 2  Yes, to some extent 3  No 4  They did not have any symptoms 5  Don’t know During their last stay in hospital, did healthcare sta΍ help and support them with their emotional needs (e.g. feeling worried, feeling anxious, feeling low, etc.)? 1  Yes, deȴnitely 2  Yes, to some extent 3  No 4  They did not need help with this 5  Don’t know

Q38.

Q35a.

Did your relative or friend stay in an acute hospital at any time during the last three months of their life? 1  Yes, they stayed in an acute hospital 2  No  GO TO Q48a. 3  Don’t know  GO TO Q48a.

Q35b. Please write the name of the last acute hospital in the space below: Name of acute hospital:

Q39. During their last stay in hospital, if

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

14  Longford

15  Louth 16  Mayo 17  Meath

18  Monaghan

19  O΍aly

20  Roscommon

7  Galway

Q40.

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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