Low portion of home deaths (N = 10) | High portion of home deaths (N = 11) |
・ Some home care teams struggled to alleviate burdensome symptoms Only one of ten patients had a drug pump ・ The home care teams experienced some times little support from medical staff in the municipality ・ Home care teams often used advices from the hospital palliative team for pain management ・ Problems with technical supply. A hospital bed arrived two days before death, and could not be moved up the stairs ・ One home care team expressed that they should have given the next of kin more emotional support | ・ Good pain management. Six of eleven patients had a drug pumpSame caregivers contributed to security ・ Good organised integrated care ・ Home care teams got support from the cancer coordinator and had close contact with the general practitioner ・ Lack of adequate equipment were not mention ・ Home care teams expressed confidence in caring for the dying persons and their families |