Having worked for hospice, I'm not surprised by the resutls of this study as it fits with my experience. Worth considering if you or a loved one is facing a terminal illness.
"Where someone dies has important implications for those they leave behind," said the study's lead author, Dr. Alexi Wright, an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
"It's really important for people to articulate what they want. Dying at home may improve your own quality of life before death and it may improve your loved ones' grief after your death," she noted...
And, those who died at home appeared to have more well-adjusted loved ones after the death, reported the study.
"The place of death and the amount of medical treatment received shaped the bereavement experience. There was a fivefold increase in post-traumatic stress disorder in people whose loved ones died in the ICU versus at home," said Wright. "While people may think that dying at home might be more frightening for caregivers, it may ultimately help them heal."
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