Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023
Location of care in the last two days During the last two days of their life, 23.1% of people who died (n=1,023) were cared for at home, 28.7% (n=1,273) in a nursing home or other residential care facility, while 37.5% (n=1,662) were cared for in an acute hospital. A further 11.2% (n=496) were cared for in a hospice and 0.7% (n=30) were cared for somewhere else. Figure 4.1 shows the location of care in the last two days of life.
Location of care in the last two days of life
Figure 4.1
Number
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1,000
1,500
2,000
At home or in the home of a family member or friend
1,023
1,273
In a nursing home/residential care facility
1,662
In an acute hospital
496
In a hospice
30
Somewhere else
I had no contact with my relative or friend in the last two days of life
26
Place of death Participants were also asked where their relative or friend died. Around two in ȴve people were in a hospital when they died (1,799 of 4,570, 39.4%), while around one in ȴve people were in their own home or in the home of a family member or friend. 10.7% of people (n=487) died in a hospice, and 27.4% (n=1,251) died in a nursing home or other residential care facility. A small number of people died in an ambulance on the way to a hospital or hospice (n=2 or 0.04%) or somewhere else (n=6 or 0.1%). Figure 4.2 shows the place of death.
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