At home until the end? A qualitative study of experiences of in-home aged care programs in the context of caring for older adults with a life-limiting illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A growing proportion of older adults are living longer and dying with life-limiting illnesses. While the majority express a preference for end-of-life care at home, there is often a disparity between this preference and settings in which care and death continue to occur. Alongside other determinants, the nature of available care at home at the end of life shapes the realisation of preferences. Yet there is limited understanding of the experience and effectiveness of programs of in-home aged care in supporting end-of-life care at home.

Objectives

The study aimed to explore the experiences of informal carers of older adults with a life-limiting illness in the last year of life who received forms of in-home aged care.

Design and methods

A qualitative design ut

SUBMITTER: Bindley K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12816513 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature