3.8 Bereaved Participants’ Experience of Dying and Death e next section presents findings of the bereaved participants’ experience of dying and death of a loved one. Over 86% of participants (N=976) agreed that their experience of a loved one’s death was negatively affected by COVID-19. Less than 20% of bereaved participants (N=223, 19.6%) were able to spend time with their loved one before they died and over half of participants (N=717, 63.7%) were not present with their loved one when they died. Some participants reported not receiving the support they needed from professionals involved in the end-of-life care of their loved one (N=246, 21.8%) (see Table 8 in Appendices).
3.9 Survey Participant Reflections
e following themes emerged in relation to bereaved participants’ experience of dying and death of a loved one:
Loneliness and Powerlessness Opportunity to Say Goodbye
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