Abstract
Background: Prevalence of cancer and dementia are strongly related to age. In the UK, 70% of care home residents have dementia. By 2040, older people (aged 65+) will account for 77% of all people living with cancer. Residents with only one of these conditions may have complex care needs. Having comorbid cancer and dementia (CCD) is likely to bring further challenges. This is the first research project to examine the care and support needs of people with CCD living in residential care homes and areas for improvement. Aims: To explore: (1) The care and support needs of people with CCD living in residential care homes. (2) What constitutes good care for people with CCD, their family/supporters, and residential care home staff. (3) Potential barriers and facilitators to providing good care for people with CCD. Methods: (1) Literature review to examine implications for cancerrelated care for people with dementia living in residential care homes. (2) Interviews with 5‐10 men and women with CCD, their family members/ supporters, and residential care home staff. (3) Ethnographic observations of 5‐10 people with CCD to further explore barriers and facilitators to good care. Results: Emergent findings from the literature review will be presented, and their implications for supporting people with CCD living in residential care homes discussed. Conclusions: Findings from this study will help improve the care and support of people with CCD and will contribute to a wider programme of research exploring the cancer care needs of people with dementia across a variety of care settings.
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Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4994 |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Additional Information: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: The care and support needs of residential care home residents with comorbid cancer and dementia: A qualitative review and ethnographic study, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pon.4994. . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis, 1701 Psychology, 1103 Clinical Sciences, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, |
Depositing User (symplectic) | Deposited by Mitchell, Gail on behalf of Stansbie, Lisa |
Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2019 15:45 |
Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2024 20:52 |
Event Title: | BPOS (British Psychosocial Oncology Society) 2019 |
Event Dates: | 28 February 2019 - 01 March 2019 |
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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