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