Factors Influencing Family Members in Choosing the Preferred Place of Death for Hospitalized Dying Older Patients

This study aims to explore the factors that influence family members in choosing the preferred place of death for hospitalized dying older patients in Taiwan. This study enrolled 100 family members. The relevant factors influencing the families’ choice of the preferred place of death for older patie...

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Published in:Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 2025-02, Vol.90 (3), p.953-970
Main Authors: Kao, Shu-Yun, Liu, Chieh-Yu, Gau, Meei-Ling, Lin, Hung-Ru
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Attitude to Death
Caregivers
Death & dying
Family - psychology
Family relations
Female
Hiring
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Hospitalized
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patients
Place of death
Regression analysis
Relatives
Social support
Taiwan
Terminal Care - psychology
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Summary:This study aims to explore the factors that influence family members in choosing the preferred place of death for hospitalized dying older patients in Taiwan. This study enrolled 100 family members. The relevant factors influencing the families’ choice of the preferred place of death for older patients were family members’ previous discussions with the patients about their expected place of death; patients’ education levels; family members’ incomes; whether they were hiring a caregiver to take care of the patients at the hospital; their degree of social support; and their family functioning. The logistic regression analysis showed that family members who had discussed the preferred place of death with the patients, and those with better family functioning, were 1.41 and 2.72 times more likely, respectively, to chose for patients to return home to die than for the patients to die in a hospital.
ISSN:0030-2228
1541-3764
1541-3764
DOI:10.1177/00302228221113617