ArticlePalliative & supportive care2025
Motivations for choosing "home" as one's preferred place of death: A scoping review.
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Bereaved informal caregivers' experiences with a Canadian home hospice program: a qualitative study.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Public understanding of palliative care and preferences for place of end-of-life care and death: A national population-based latent class analysis.Palliative care and social practice · 2026Article
- The best place to die: A reflection on dignity and context.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesWhile dying at home is often described as desirable, to our knowledge, no reviews have focused specifically on people's reasons for wanting to die at home. This review describes the breadth of what is known about motivations, attitudes, ideas, and reasons underlying the decision to choose "home" as one's preferred placed of death.
methodsThis review was guided by a scoping review methodology following a five-stage approach including: (1) identify the research question, (2) identify relevant studies, (3) select studies based on inclusion/exclusion criteria, (4) chart the data, and (5) summarize and report the results.
resultsSeventeen articles were identified that met inclusion/exclusion criteria and discussed motivations underlying people's desires to die at home. Thirty-five percent of studies were from Canada ( SIGNIFICANCE OF
resultsThe many interconnected reasons that lead people to choose a home death vary, as individuals have a range of motivations for choosing to die at home, which are highly influenced by contextual and cultural factors. Ultimately, this review will provide a comprehensive description of factors which may inform end-of-life planning, highlighting needs to be considered when planning the preferred location of a death.
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