TABLE 2.

Topic guide

Opening question: What happened from the moment your loved one fell ill until the moment of dying?

Can you describe this in detail?

Covid−19 disease – if applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

Setting (nursing home, hospital)

Communication between relative, patient and health care professionals (GP, nurses, specialists)

Staying connected with the patient (video calling and other options)

Treatment and care (symptom management; social and emotional support; existential care, saying farewell)

Support for relatives and patient

Treatment restrictions and involvement relatives

Visitor restrictions

Can you tell us something about the death itself?

Presence during death

Possibilities to say farewell

Received end‐of‐life care and support

What was important, what helped you?

What was difficult

What could or should have been done differently