A survey has found that less than half of people who died at home during the COVID pandemic received good professional care
In Maureen's case, this lack of physical and practical support led to her having several questions."I put essential oils on my mum, I was massaging her with my hands, and anyone that visited could massage her and spend some time.Maureen also said that she didn't find out if her mum would need end-of-life care until she was given the hospital's discharge letter, despite speaking to the staff regularly. A situation she says left her"disappointed, shocked and confused".
"While hospices across the UK have successfully started adapting services to address the growing needs of communities, they and the other end-of-life care services need more support."The government says it is already doing more to support people in end-of-life care, with more than £400m given to hospices since the pandemic started, while a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care also points to recent law changes.
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