Project Duration
January 2009 - December 2011
Funder
National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme
Project Staff
- Barbara Hanratty (PI) 1
- J Addington-Hall 2
- M Goldacre 3
- G Grande 4
- S Payne 5
- J Seymour 6
Staff Institutions
- Liverpool University
- University of Southampton
- University of Oxford
- University of Manchester
- Lancaster University
- The University of Nottingham
Aims
This project is part of the Cancer Experiences Collaborative portfolio. It aims to understand the patterns and causes of health service transitions and their association with older people’s experiences at the end of life.
Methods
A quantitative analysis of routine data; interviews with patients who have heart failure, lung cancer and stroke, a survey of bereaved carers; an interview study with providers and commissioners of care.
Outcomes and Findings
This study is now complete. The final report is available at: www.netscc.ac.uk/hsdr/projdetails.php?ref=08-1809-232
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Publications
Hanratty, B., Holmes, L., Lowson, E., Grande, G., Addington-Hall, J., Payne, S., Seymour, J.E. (2012) Older adults’ experiences of transitions between care settings at the end of life in England -A qualitative interview study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 44(1):74-83
Lowson, E., Hanratty, B., Holmes, L., Addington-Hall, J., Grande, G., Payne, S. and Seymour, J. (2012) From 'Conductor' to 'Second Fiddle' - Older adult care recipients' perspectives on transitions in family caring at hospital admission. International Journal of Nursing Studies. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.02.005
Hanratty, B., Lowson, E., Holmes, L., Grande, G., Addington-Hall, J. Payne, S., Seymour, J.E. (2012) Funding health and social services for older people – a qualitative study of care recipients in the last year of life. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, DOI 10.1258/jrsm.2012.110189