All deaths | Preferred place at discussion closest to death (%) | |||||
Hospital n=80 (17.7%) | Home n=184 (40.6%) | Care home n=64 (14.1%) | Hospice n=82 (18.1%) | Unknown n=43 (9.5%) | ||
Actual place of death | ||||||
Hospital | 217 (47.9) | 77 (96.3) | 66 (35.9) | 15 (23.4) | 28 (34.1) | 31 (72.1) |
Home | 103 (22.7) | 2 (2.5) | 95 (51.6) | – | 1 (1.2) | 5 (11.6) |
Care home | 61 (13.5) | 1 (1.3) | 6 (3.3) | 48 (75.0) | 2 (2.4) | 4 (9.3) |
Hospice | 72 (15.9) | – | 17 (9.2) | 1 (1.6) | 51 (62.2) | 3 (7.0) |
Involved in discussion (n=451)* | ||||||
Patient (alone/with relative) | 323 (71.6) | 38 (48.1) | 160 (87.0) | 32 (50.0) | 65 (80.2) | 28 (65.1) |
Relative(s) only | 122 (28.4) | 41 (51.9) | 24 (13.0) | 32 (50.0) | 16 (19.8) | 15 (34.9) |
Number of discussions | ||||||
One | 189 (41.7) | 24 (30.0) | 92 (50.0) | 32 (50.0) | 24 (29.3) | 17 (39.5) |
More than one | 264 (58.3) | 56 (70.0) | 92 (50.0) | 32 (50.0) | 58 (70.7) | 26 (60.5) |
No change in preference | 118 (44.7) | 8 (14.3) | 74 (80.4) | 13 (40.6) | 13 (22.4) | 10 (38.5) |
*Not including those whose involvement was ‘Unknown’ (n=2).