Implementation and evaluation of a navigation program for people with cancer in old age and their family caregivers: study protocol for the EU NAVIGATE International Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Cancer navigation programs aim to support, educate, and empower patients and families, addressing barriers to diagnostics, treatment, and care. Navigators engage with people to ensure timely access to services and resources. While promising for older people with cancer, these programs are scarce in Europe, and research on their effectiveness and implementation is limited.

Adapting, implementing and evaluating a navigation intervention for older people with cancer and their family caregivers in six countries in Europe: the Horizon Europe-funded EU NAVIGATE project.

Background: Navigation interventions could support, educate and empower older people with cancer and/or their family caregivers by addressing barriers and ensuring timely access to needed services and resources throughout the continuum of supportive, palliative and end-of-life care.

Objectives: European Union (EU) NAVIGATE is an interdisciplinary and cross-country Horizon Europe-funded project (2022-2027) aiming to evaluate the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and implementation of a navigation intervention for older people with cancer and their family caregivers in Europe. EU NAVIGATE aims to advance the evidence on cancer patient navigation in Europe.

The impact of socioeconomic inequality on access to health care for patients with advanced cancer: A qualitative study.

Objective: In Canada, populations experiencing socioeconomic inequality have lower rates of access to screening and diagnosis and higher mortality rates than people from higher-income areas. Limited evidence exists concerning their experiences when living with advanced cancer. We explored how socioeconomic inequality shapes the experiences of patients with advanced cancer.

Improving access to palliative care for people experiencing socioeconomic inequities: findings from a community-based pilot research study.

Introduction: In Canada, people experiencing socioeconomic inequities have higher rates of late diagnosis and lower survival rates than the general population. Palliative care services focussed on this population are scarce. We developed a community-based nursing intervention to improve access to palliative care for people experiencing socioeconomic inequities and living with life-limiting illnesses in an urban Canadian setting.

Safeguarding survival: Older persons with multiple chronic conditions' unplanned readmission experiences: A mixed methods systematic review.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to create a holistic understanding of the psychosocial processes of older persons with multiple chronic conditions' experience with unplanned readmission experiences within 30 days of discharge home and identify factors influencing these psychosocial processes.

Design: Mixed methods systematic review.

Data Sources: Six electronic databases (Ovid MEDLINE (R) All 1946-present, Scopus, CINAHL, Embase, PsychINFO and Web of Science).