The Year Before Death

11 per cent adequacy admission aged 75 aged 85 asked assessments attended a day attended day centres bereavement carers Cartwright cent compared cerebrovascular accident chapter chiropody community nurses constipation cope described died of cancer difficult district nursing service doctor's age elderly episodes of care excluded felt home nursing home visits hospice care hospice group hospice movement hospice patients hospice services hospital consultants hospital doctors hospital or hospice in-patient inadequate increase last 12 months less long term MacMillan nurses mental confusion night calls Number of deaths number of home nursing homes old people's homes original respondents pain control Parkinson's disease person who died practitioners problems professionals question questionnaire receiving conventional referral religious faith reported residential homes sample shown in Table significant difference social social class spent spouses St Christopher's Hospice symptoms and restrictions terminal care terminally ill thought Total number views wanted