Choosing care homes as the least preferred place to die: a cross-national survey of public preferences in seven European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Care homes are increasingly becoming places where people spend the final stages of their lives and eventually die. This trend is expected to continue due to population ageing, yet little is known about public preferences regarding this setting. As part of a larger study examining preferences and priorities for end of life care, we investigated the extent to which care homes are chosen as the least preferred place of death, and the factors associated with this negative preference.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey among 9,344 adults from random private households in England, Flanders, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. We asked participants where they would least prefer to die in a situation of serious illness with less than

SUBMITTER: Calanzani N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4430987 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature