Settings where support is delivered
| Inpatient hospices | Community-based hospices | |||||||
| Prebereavement | Bereavement | Prebereavement | Bereavement | |||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Hospices* | 100 | 100 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Inpatient unit† | 99 | (99.0) | 91 | (91.0) | 1 | (8.3) | 2 | (16.7) |
| Over the telephone | 78 | (78.0) | 76 | (76.0) | 7 | (58.3) | 7 | (58.3) |
| Patient’s family home | 68 | (68.0) | 69 | (69.0) | 9 | (75.0) | 7 | (58.3) |
| Community-run locations | 40 | (40.0) | 49 | (49.0) | 4 | (33.3) | 5 | (41.7) |
| Over the internet | 9 | (9.0) | 17 | (17.0) | 1 | (8.3) | 2 | (16.7) |
| Other | 43 | (42.2) | 49 | (49.0) | 9 | (75.0) | 8 | (66.7) |
* Base: All hospices that responded to the question.
†Inpatient unit defined as any premises on the hospice's own or other hospice site.