19-05-2018 23:01 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Critically ill ‘should not be made to die away from home’

The report says it is ‘wholly unjust’ that, across England, more people are able to die at home in wealthier areas.One in three people who die in hospital could spend their final days at home if the government introduces and adequately funds a modern community-based health and social care system, a new report says.The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says that, while most people would prefer to die at home or in a good care home, they are often unable to do so because of i
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