Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023
Experiences of care in a nursing home in the last two days of life
“The care given by the clinical nurse manager and nurse who she knew on the last day was excellent. However, she did not have a prescription for enough morphine on the morning of her death which caused her great distress as she kept waking up. The CNM had to get on the phone to get the prescription.”
“He was allowed to remain in a private room with lots of space for family members to stay. He got pain relief and nausea relief as soon as we requested. Family were allowed to stay at his bedside 24/7 for the last few days.”
“While a priest was called and attended in the days before she died we were told that a priest couldn’t be called after she died. This may have been timing ([December]) but it would love been nice to have had a chaplain available.”
“In last two days of life everything possible was done to make him comfortable and pain free. All family were there when he died.”
“Proper communication in the last days of Mum’s life. It seemed the [management sta] or sta do not have a standard policy for dealing with families in the end of life stage. It has caused unnecessary upset.”
“Sta… did everything they possibly could to make our very diɝcult and sad time with our mum/wife as easy and comfortable as possible. Each and every sta member went out of their way to help our mum/wife to help us as a family.”
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