Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023
The survey asked about the experiences of people who received care or died in various settings including hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and in their homes. In many cases, the people who died received care across more than one of these settings in the last months and days of their lives. While it is not possible to deȴnitively map all movements between these settings and services, this chapter provides an overview of the typical journeys experienced in the last months and days of life. It was evident that participants’ relatives and friends typically received care in more than one setting in their last months and days. Table 6.1 shows that of the 4,570 survey responses, 7,375 settings of care were described, indicating that those who died received care in approximately 1.6 settings on average. More than half of survey respondents indicated that their relative or friend had received care in hospital in the last three months, followed by care at home as the next most frequently identiȴed care setting.
Settings where people received care in the last three months
Table 6.1
Setting
Number of responses
2,525
Home
Nursing home
1,671 2,639
Hospital
Hospice
540
7,375
Total
Question 88 asked participants where their relative or friend died, with the results shown in Table 6.2. The most common place of death was a hospital (39.4%), followed by a nursing home, home and hospice.
Place of death 53
Table 6.2
Percentage
Setting
Number of responses
1,025 1,251
22.4% 27.4% 39.4%
Home
Nursing home
Hospital
1,799
Hospice
487
10.7%
0.2%
Other settings
8
4,570
Total
100.0%
96
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