3.1.3 Healthcare Worker Participants
Of the 1,642 participants who responded to these demographic questions, 333 of them or one in five identified themselves as healthcare workers (N=333, 20.3%). ere were significant similarities between the demographics of the healthcare workers group and the other survey participants. Most were aged between 45 and 54 years old and over 82% of healthcare workers were female. Most of the healthcare worker participants (N=311, 93.4%) were white Irish ethnicity and either married or in a civil partnership living in a rural location. Most healthcare workers had experienced bereavement (N=233, 70%) of healthcare workers.
3.1.4 Place of Death
Over 60% of participants (N=719, 63.9%) indicated the place of death of their loved one. Hospitals were the most frequent place of death (N=250, 34.8%), followed by home (N=217, 30.2%), and nursing homes (N=125, 17.4%). See Figure 3 below - Place of Death Reported by Participants.
Figure 3: Place of Death Reported by Participants
30.2%
In their own home
34.8%
In a hospital
17.4%
In a nursing home
11.8%
1.5%
In a hospice
Somewhere else
1.7%
In another kind of residential or care home
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