Identifying community nurses contributions to end-of-life care: an online survey study

BackgroundDemand for community-based end-of-life care is rising globally, driven by ageing populations with increasingly complex needs. Community nurses have a central role in providing end-of-life care, yet the proportion of their time spent in supporting people in their final year of life remains unclear. AimsTo investigate how much of community nurses daily work involves caring for people in their last year of life, and the extent to which end-of-life care visits are cancelled, deferred or undertaken to unsatisfactory standards. DesignAnonymous online survey and multimethod analysis. Setting/participantsUnited Kingdom survey of community nurses, circulated via professional networks, socia