Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023
A total of 1,671 participants 20 said that their relative or friend had stayed in a nursing home or other residential care facility during the last three months of their life. Figure 3.7 shows the length of stay in a nursing home or residential care centre. The majority of people had stayed in a nursing home or residential care facility for longer than 12 weeks (n=1,195 or 70.4%).
Figure 3.7 Length of stay in a nursing home or residential care facility
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
4.2% 13.3% 12.1%
70.4%
Less than 1 week
1 to 4 weeks
5 to 12 weeks
Longer than 12 weeks
Figure 3.8 displays the results for questions on ‘care in a nursing home or residential care facility’. The highest-scoring question related to participants feeling welcome to visit their relative or friend in the nursing home, with 84.8% of people (n=1,337) saying that they always felt welcome to visit at any time. The lowest-scoring question related to activity support, with 10.4% of participants (n=147) saying that healthcare sta did not support their relative or friend to do things they wanted to do (for example, participate in special family events, see a pet) during their stay in the nursing home or residential care facility.
20 A further 9 participants or 0.3% responded don’t know when asked if their relative or friend stayed in a nursing home or residential care facility during the last three months of their life.
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