"There's So Much That They're Enduring": Experiences of Older Adults Undergoing Major Elective Surgery.

Objective: This qualitative study aimed to explore the psychosocial experience of older adults undergoing major elective surgery from the perspective of both the patient and family caregiver.

Summary Background Data: Older adults face unique psychological and social vulnerabilities that can increase susceptibility to poor health outcomes. How these vulnerabilities influence surgical treatment and recovery is understudied in the geriatric surgical population.

"It's Incapacitated Me in so Many Ways": Older Adults' Lived Experience With Postoperative Symptoms at Home After Major Elective Surgery.

Objective: This qualitative study aimed to explore the challenges faced by older adults regarding the postoperative symptom experience after major elective surgery.

Background: Although extensively studied in oncology settings, the impact of postoperative symptom burden remains largely underexplored in elective major surgery among older adults.

Methods: We employed convenience sampling to recruit adults aged 65 years or above undergoing major elective surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.