Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023
Figure 3.12 Overall experiences of care received in a nursing home or residential care facility by length of stay
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
19.1%
10.3%
70.6%
Less than 1 week
23.9%
19.4%
56.8%
1 to 4 weeks
21.8%
23.3%
55.0%
5 to 12 weeks
11.4%
25.7%
62.9%
Longer than 12 weeks
Fair to poor (0 to 6)
Good (7 to 8)
Very good (9 to 10)
Summary of findings: Care in a nursing home in the last three months of life
A total of 1,671 participants said that their relative or friend had stayed in a nursing home or residential care facility during the last three months of their life. 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 etc.) during their stay in the nursing home or residential care facility. In total, 85.4% of participants rated the overall care their relative or friend received from healthcare sta in a nursing home or residential care facility in the last three months of their life as ‘good’ or ‘very good’.
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