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

Maintaining Dignity at the End of Life in Old Age: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

Project Duration

October 2007 - September 2010

Funder

Economic and Social Research Council (New Dynamics of Ageing Programme)

Project Staff

  • Liz Lloyd 1
  • Michael Calnan 2
  • Jane Seymour 2
  • Randall Smith 1
  • Aisla Cameron 1

Staff Institutions

  1. University of Bristol
  2. The University of Nottingham
 

Aims

This three year project uses a longitudinal qualitative methodology to enhance knowledge of how identity and dignity is maintained as older people's circumstances change and they become more reliant on the support and care of others. 

The study gained ethical approval in May 2008. Field work has now begun and an advisory group established. The project is part of a prestigious research programme 'New Dynamics of Ageing'. This is a seven year multidisciplinary research initiative with the ultimate aim of improving quality of life of older people. The programme is a unique collaboration between five UK Research Councils - ESRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC and AHRC - and is the largest and most ambitious research programme on ageing ever mounted in the UK.

Methods

Longitudinal qualitative methodology.

Outcomes and Findings

New Dynamics of Ageing findings 8 report (PDF)

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Publications

Lloyd, L., Calnan, M., Cameron, A., Seymour, J. and Smith, R. (2012) Identity in the fourth age: perseverance, adaptation and maintaining dignity. Ageing and Society, DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X12000761, Published online: 06 August 2012.

 

 

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