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increased life expectancy chinese population coupled chronic disease care needs people end life attracting much attention home hospice care help dying older adult achieve comfort maintain dignity home however dying home means great responsibility challenge family caregivers many unmet needs study aimed investigate home hospice care needs family caregivers older adult people chronic diseases end life china analyze influencing factors home hospice care needs caregivers crosssectional study may september 2023 4 community health service centers selected stratified sampling seven administrative districts jinzhou city liaoning province home hospice care piloted 224 family caregivers selected communities seven community service centers simple random sampling method general information questionnaire home hospice care needs questionnaire developed research group used investigate univariate analysis used compare differences scores different characteristics factors significant differences selected multivariate linear regression analysis determine final influencing factors total score hospice care needs family caregivers 12161 1524 among endoflife knowledge need dimension score 2404 271 highest score index 8013 symptom control need score 1558 339 lowest score index 6232 addition caregivers caregiving experience dying older adult longer disease duration dying older adult higher levels education factors influencing total need home hospice care among family caregivers variance explained 227 needs family caregivers terminally ill older adult high healthcare professionals implement services meet multidimensional needs improve quality care according factors affecting needs