P27 Older adults with cancer—are those who live alone at the end of life a disadvantaged group? A qualitative study

Abstract

Health status will help to determine where an older adult can live, but it is also possible that living arrangements may themselves have consequences for the health experience of older adults towards the end of life. This study will explore the relevance to cancer patients of factors that the literature suggests might account for poor health and different patterns of service use amongst solitary living older people.