• Palliative medicine · Feb 2017

    Carers of people affected by cancer and other long-term conditions at end of life: A qualitative study of providing a bespoke package of support in a rural setting.

    • David Nelson, Paul Mansfield, and Roslyn Kane.
    • School of Health and Social Care, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
    • Palliat Med. 2017 Feb 1; 31 (2): 158-161.

    BackgroundA UK charity, Macmillan Cancer Support has funded a local intervention, whereby carers of people affected by cancer and other long-term conditions at end of life are offered a bespoke package of support.AimThis short report describes the qualitative experiences of carers in receipt of the intervention.DesignQualitative research utilising in-depth interviews. Discussions were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analysed using thematic analysis.Setting/ParticipantsParticipants were carers ( n = 10) in receipt of the intervention. Interviews were conducted between August and September 2014 in Lincolnshire (England).ResultsFive themes from the interviews were identified: (1) Awareness and advertising, (2) focus of support on the carer, (3) modes of communication, (4) personal attributes and skills of the support worker (5) streamlining and signposting.ConclusionThe intervention was successful within a social care setting. The participants had no overtly negative opinions on the service in its current format and all held it in high regard. Carers felt a sense of reassurance from having background support and maintained that their situation would have been worse had this support not been there.

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