Mollie L Price, Claire A Surr, Brendan Gough, Laura Ashley
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Abstract
Background: Family carers of people living with comorbid dementia and cancer (CDC) play a vital supportive role, but this may be particularly burdensome and adversely impact their own health and wellbeing.
Objective: To examine the experiences and psychosocial support needs of caregivers of people with CDC.
Methods: A flyer advertising the study was distributed to relevant UK voluntary sector organisations and shared across social media. 13 carers of people with CDC were recruited. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted and transcripts were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis, underpinned by an inductive phenomenological approach.
Results: Complex interactions of dementia and cancer resulted in heightened responsibility for carers, who played a crucial role in recognition/management of symptoms, performing difficult cancer-related care, and treatment decision-making that posed difficult ethical challenges. Care-recipients had reduced insight into their cancer diagnosis and prognosis, so carers often carried the emotional burden alone. Responsibilities faced by carers were compounded by a lack of targeted, accessible information/support for CDC. Carers expressed a desire to talk to and learn from others who understand the unique challenges of navigating cancer-related decision-making, treatment and care for people who are also living with dementia.
Conclusions: Cancer alongside dementia presents complex challenges for carers, who desire more cancer-related information and support which is tailored to people living with dementia and their family caregivers.
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Psychology & Health promotes the study and application of psychological approaches to health and illness. The contents include work on psychological aspects of physical illness, treatment processes and recovery; psychosocial factors in the aetiology of physical illnesses; health attitudes and behaviour, including prevention; the individual-health care system interface particularly communication and psychologically-based interventions. The journal publishes original research, and accepts not only papers describing rigorous empirical work, including meta-analyses, but also those outlining new psychological approaches and interventions in health-related fields.
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