NCARE (Nottingham Centre for the Advancement of Research into Supportive, Palliative and End-of-life Care)

Older Adults with Advanced Cancer Living Alone: An Exploratory Study

Project Duration

April 2009 – October 2010

Funder

Dimbleby Cancer Care

Project Staff

  • Barbara Hanratty (PI) 1

Co-grant holders

  • Julia Addington-Hall 2
  • Anthony Arthur 3
  • Gunn Grande 4
  • Sheila Payne 3
  • Jane Seymour 3

Researcher

  • Lucy Cooper 1

Staff Institutions

  1. Liverpool University
  2. University of Southampton
  3. The University of Nottingham
  4. Lancaster University
 

Aims

This project is part of the Cancer Experiences Collaborative Portfolio. Its aims are: 

  • To provide an in-depth understanding of how living arrangements influence experiences of living with advanced cancer for older adults 
  • To examine the feasibility of tools to be applied in a future longitudinal cohort study

Methods

Qualitative interviews and measurement of health related quality of life and service use among older people who have advanced cancer and are living alone at home. Telephone interviews with carers.

Outcomes and Findings

Interviews were conducted with 33 older adult patients judged to be in the last year of life. All were aged over 69 years and living with advanced cancer. The study is now complete.

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Publications

Hanratty, B., Addington-Hall, J., Arthur, A., Cooper, L., Grande, G., Payne, S. and Seymour, J. (2013). What is different about living alone with cancer in older age? A qualitative study of experiences and preferences for care. BMC Family Practice, 14(22) doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-22 

Hanratty, B., Lowson, E., Holmes, L., Addington-Hall, J., Arthur, A., Grande, G., Payne, S. and Seymour, J. (2012) A comparison of strategies to recruit older patients and carers to end-of-life research in primary care. BMC Health Services Research, 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-342

 

 

 

NCARE (Nottingham Centre for the Advancement of Research into Supportive, Palliative and End-of-life Care)

University of Nottingham
School of Health Sciences
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, NG7 2HA


email: kristian.pollock@nottingham.ac.uk