Living and dying well research

Our work is focused on the duality of older people living and dying well over a life long-lived. Currently, older people with frailty too often fall between services either focused on living independently or imminently dying. 

We have evidenced the centrality of any end-of-life care responses to take account of the strengths and capabilities of older people, including their social connections, as well as any potential and actual vulnerability. All too often, care interventions can leave an older person feeling frailer, experiencing a sense of being “done to” rather than “cared about”. We focus on older people living at “home”, the place of preference for most older people.