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

Supporting Older Carers to Design and Lead Research Reflecting their Key Concerns about Caring for People with Cancer Approaching the End of Life

Project Duration

January 2010 - December 2010

Funder

Macmillan Cancer Support

Project Staff

  • Dr Sheila Kennedy (PI) 1
  • Prof Jane Seymour 1
  • Prof Karen Cox 1
  • Dr Lydia Bird 1
  • Dr Amanda Clarke 2

Staff Institutions

  1. The University of Nottingham
  2. University of Aberdeen
 

Aims

Supporting older carers to design and lead research reflecting their key concerns about caring for people with cancer approaching the end of life.

Methods

  • Discussion workshops with older carers using nominal group technique 
  • Series of research training sessions with older carers 
  • Collaborative work between lay and academic researchers in developing research proposals

Outcomes and Findings

Project finished and briefing papers published in collaboration with Macmillan.

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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