Patient | Interviewee age | Relation with patient | Patient age | Living alone/ with family | Disease history | Transport to hospital | Disease at admission | Treatment | Outcome (with time since death) |
A | 60s | Eldest daughter | 80s | Alone | Leg venous thrombosis, mild dementia | Family car | Ileus | Surgery, repeated surgery (hemorrhage) | Death (1 year 7 months) |
B | 40s | Grandchild | 90s | Alone | Cerebral infarction | Doctor helicopter | Consciousness disorder (seizures) | Life support: yes/no | Discharged |
C | 60s | Wife | 60s | With family | Diabetes, dialysis | Doctor helicopter | Cardiopulmonary arrest | Life support: yes/no | Death (3 months) |
D | 50s | Eldest daughter | 80s | Alone | Diabetes, cardiac infarction, mild dementia | Family car | Appetite loss (aspiration pneumonia) | Treatment continued | Death (2 years) |
E | 50s | Second daughter | 70s | Alone | Tongue cancer, pancreatitis | Ambulance | Cardiopulmonary arrest (myocardial infarction) | Life support: yes/no | Death (5 years) |
F | 50s | Eldest daughter | 70s | With family | Prostate hypertrophy | Family car, ambulance | Brain-stem infarction | Life support: yes/no | Discharged |
G | 70s | Wife | 60s | With family | Transient cerebral ischemia, arterial aneurysm | Family car | Fever (infected arterial aneurysm) | Treatment continued, convalescence at home | Death (4 years) |
H | 70s | Wife | 70s | With family | Hypertension, diabetes | Family car, ambulance | Myocardial infarction | Treatment continued Life support: yes/no | Death (3 years) |
I | 50s | Eldest son | 90s | With family | Prostate hypertrophy, hypertension | Ambulance | Abdominal aortic dissecting aneurysm | Life support: yes/no | Changed hospital, convalescence continuing |
J | 50s | Grandchild | 90s | Together | None | Family car, ambulance | Cerebral infarction | Life support: yes/no | Changed hospital, convalescence continuing |