Types of support provided, staff roles involved in delivery and recipients of support
| Prebereavement n (%) | Bereavement n (%) | |||
| Types of support provided* | n=130 | n=118 | ||
| Written materials: books/leaflets | 125 | (96.2) | 117 | (99.2) |
| Signposting to outside agencies | 123 | (94.6) | 117 | (99.2) |
| One-to-one, face-to-face support | 115 | (88.5) | 109 | (92.4) |
| Signposting to web-based support | 114 | (87.7) | 102 | (86.4) |
| Groups or pair sessions | 75 | (57.7) | 87 | (73.7) |
| One-to-one telephone/internet | 75 | (57.7) | 85 | (72.0) |
| Peer group meetings | 49 | (37.7) | 69 | (58.5) |
| CDs/DVDs | 23 | (17.7) | 30 | (25.4) |
| Other | 35 | (26.9) | 34 | (28.8) |
| Staff roles involved in delivery* | n=123 | n=117 | ||
| Specialist counsellors | 90 | (73.2) | 94 | (80.3) |
| Nurses | 84 | (68.3) | 65 | (55.5) |
| Social workers | 81 | (65.9) | 66 | (56.4) |
| Chaplains | 69 | (56.1) | 54 | (46.1) |
| Volunteers | 57 | (46.3) | 72 | (61.5) |
| Doctors | 51 | (41.5) | 26 | (22.2) |
| Psychologists/psychiatrists | 22 | (17.9) | 22 | (18.8) |
| Other | 22 | (17.9) | 22 | (18.8) |
| Recipients of support* | n=119 | n=115 | ||
| Patients individually | 111 | (93.3) | – | – |
| Partners individually | 111 | (93.3) | 112 | (97.4) |
| Patient and partner | 106 | (89.1) | – | – |
| Families together | 100 | (84.0) | – | – |
| Partner and child/children | 97 | (81.5) | 95 | (82.6) |
| Child/children without parent | 90 | (75.6) | 89 | (77.4) |
| Any type of support for children | 116 | (97.5) | 99 | (86.1) |
| No support for children | 3 | (2.5) | 16 | (13.9) |
*Base: all hospices that responded to the question.