NELS-National-Report-2023

Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023

Figure 3.5 Overall experiences of care received at home by age and gender of the person who died

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

57.1%

23.4%

19.5%

18 to 59 years

52.8%

22.8%

24.3%

60 to 69 years

53.3%

25.5%

21.2%

70 to 79 years

49.5%

25.6%

25.0%

80 to 89 years

52.8%

28.7%

18.5%

90+ years

50.2%

26.5%

23.3%

Male

53.4%

25.0%

21.6%

Female

Fair to poor (0 to 6)

Good (7 to 8)

Very good (9 to 10)

There were some di΍erences in participants’ ratings of their overall experience of care at home depending on their illness in the last hours and days of life. Participants who said their relative had COVID-19 were most likely to report a ‘fair to poor’ experience (40 of 119 people or 33.6%), while those whose relative or friend had a neurological condition were least likely (41 of 215 people or 19.1%) to do so. Participants who said their relative or friend had cancer were most likely to report a ‘very good’ experience (593 of 1068 people or 55.5%). Figure 3.6 shows overall experiences of care at home by illnesses in the last hours and days of life.

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