Setting and magnitude of resource need (high, medium and low) | Percentage of population (home or care home) requiring designated resource | District nurse | Care assistant (CA) | Night sit care assistant | Specialist palliative care | Anticipatory medicine bundles | Syringe pumps |
Home High EoL care need | 25 | Two visits per day × 1 hour (15 min SD) | 2 CA × four visits per day × 40 min (5 min SD) | 1 CA × 12-hour night sit every other day | 1 hour per day (15 min SD) | 1 for duration | 1 for duration |
Home Medium EoL care need | 70 | One visit per day × 30 min (5 min SD) | 1 CA × three visits per day × 30 min (5 min SD) | 1 hour every other day (15 min SD) | 1 for duration | 1 for duration for 50% of patients | |
Home Low EoL care need | 5 | One visit every other day × 30 min (5 min SD) | 1 for duration | ||||
Care home (residential home, external support required) | 17.3 | Two visits per day × 1 hour (15 min SD) | 1 hour per day (15 min SD) | 1 for duration | 1 for duration | ||
Care home (nursing home, external support required) | 22.7 | 1 hour per day (15 min SD) | 1 for duration | 1 for duration | |||
Care home (residential or nursing, low EoL care need) | 60 | One visit every other day × 30 min (5 min SD) | 1 for duration | ||||
Hopsital | 100 | 1 for duration | 1 for duration |
EoL, end of life.