Table 4 Decision making and preferred place of care
From: Public preferences and priorities for end-of-life care in Kenya: a population-based street survey
Who to involve in decisions about care at the end-of-life | When have mental capacity to make a decision N yes (%) | When have lost the mental capacity to make a decision N yes (%) |
|---|---|---|
Relative (partner, spouse or other relative) | 112 (55.7%) | 137 (68.2%) |
Self | 96 (47.8%) | 15 (7.5%) |
Doctor | 92 (45.8%) | 59 (29.4%) |
Friend | 9 (4.5%) | 14 (7.0%) |
Other | 5 (2.5%) | 5 (2.5%) |
Preferred place of death | Most preferred | Least preferred |
In your own home | 98 (51.1%) | 44 (23.7%) |
In the home of a relative or friend | 3 (1.6%) | 39 (21.0%) |
In hospital - but not palliative care unit | 47 (23.5%) | 35 (18.8%) |
In a hospice or palliative care unit (I.e. places with specialist care and beds for dying patients) | 30 (15.6%) | 9 (4.8%) |
In a nursing home | 4 (2.1%) | 7 (3.8%) |
In a residential home | 0 | 9 (4.5%) |
Somewhere else | 10 (5.2%) | 43 (21.4%) |