Table 3.
Preferences and outcomes in relation to place of death recorded in the last four weeks of life
| GSF GP Practice |
Heart Failure Community Matrons |
Hospital Specialist Palliative Care Service |
Non-GSF Nursing Care Home |
Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Evidence of recorded preferred place to die? | ||||||||||
| Yes | 10 | (53) | 3 | (100) | 2 | (18) | 8 | (100) | 20 | (49) |
| No | 9 | (47) | 9 | (82) | 12 | (51) | ||||
| Preferred Place to die (where recorded)a | ||||||||||
| Patient's own home | 8 | (80) | 2 | (67) | 7 | (64) | 17 | (53) | ||
| Hospital | 2 | (18) | 1 | (13) | 3 | (9) | ||||
| Hospice | 1 | (10) | 1 | (3) | ||||||
| Care home | 1 | (10) | 1 | (33) | 1 | (9) | 7 | (88) | 10 | (31) |
| Patient-carer differences | 1b | (9) | 1 | (3) | ||||||
| Place of death (all cases) | ||||||||||
| Patient's own home | 11 | (58) | 6 | (40) | 17 | (26) | ||||
| Hospital | 5 | (26) | 5 | (33) | 15 | (100) | 4 | (25) | 29 | (45) |
| Hospice | 1 | (5) | 1 | (2) | ||||||
| Care home | 1 | (5) | 2 | (13) | 12 | (75) | 15 | (23) | ||
| Not recorded | 1 | (5) | 2 | (13) | 3 | (5) | ||||
| Died in preferred place? (Where recorded) | ||||||||||
| Yes | 7 | (70) | 3 | (100) | 2 | (18) | 8 | (100) | 20 | (63) |
| No | 3 | (30) | 9 | (82) | 12 | (38) | ||||
Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding.
aWhere multiple PPC statements were made, the final PPC is represented.
bPatient wanted to go home, carer wanted the patient to stay in hospital: discharge plans were suspended.