Table 3 Most important measures to improve end-of-life care (n = 334)
More nursing staff (incl. Less staff turnover, more time per resident) | 28.4% |
Better integration and better availability of palliative and hospice care in nursing homes | 17.4% |
Better qualification of the nursing staff (incl. Training in palliative care) | 12.9% |
Closer involvement of the general practitioners | 9.3% |
Better qualification of the general practitioners (incl. Training in palliative care) | 5.1% |
Better communication and cooperation | 3.6% |
Better availability of medication (especially regarding pain management) | 3.6% |
Closer involvement of relatives | 3.0% |
Strengthening the residents’ will/ advance directives/ Advance care planning | 2.7% |
Closer involvement of other staff (volunteers, psychosocial counselling) | 2.7% |
Less hospital treatment | 2.1% |
Legal certainty of nurses’ and physicians’ procedures | 1.5% |
Expansion of the responsibilities of the nursing staff | 1.5% |
Increased payment | 1.2% |
Reduction of administrative tasks and documentation, better organizational structures | 0.9% |
Other items | 4.2% |