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Despite the growing incidence of cancer among older people, little is understood about how older patients and their family caregivers experience receiving a cancer diagnosis and treatment and how their experiences mutually influence each other. Such knowledge is needed to provide meaningful support for both the older person and family caregivers.

Exploring lived experiences of older cancer patients, family caregivers and their interaction.

Qualitative interview design.

Six outpatient oncology departments at a University Hospital.

Thirty-two patients (age range 70–86) and 19 family caregivers (age range 42–83).

Semi-structured interviews with a fairly open framework were conducted and analyzed using the constant comparative method inspired by a grounded theory approach.

Older patients and family caregivers experience important demands …