Case management needs of older and elderly cancer survivors.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to examine the case management needs of older and elderly adults. The specific aim was to describe the results of a survey distributed to cancer survivors, asking them to respond to questions about their specific needs. The survey targeted the physical, psychosocial, social, and spiritual needs.


METHODS
Outpatient setting, outreach program.


CONCLUSIONS
Fatigue, fear of reoccurrence, and sleep disturbances were of the greatest concern to the older and elderly cancer survivor.


CONCLUSIONS
Case managers dealing with elderly cancer survivors can target these needs in terms of transitions from inpatient to outpatient care and beyond into the survivorship period.
Capstone College of Nursing, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA. mstanton@ua.edu
Marietta
M
Stanton
Gina
G
Franco
Reggie
R
Scoggins
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D000407:Alabama / Q000453:epidemiology; D019090:Case Management; D005221:Fatigue; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D010045:Outpatients; D011594:Psychometrics; D012008:Recurrence; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders; D017741:Survivors