Loneliness and older adults living through cancer

Abstract

At the recent conference of the Multi-national Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC), I heard an interesting presentation by Enrique Solo-Perez de-Celis (USA) and Imogen Ramey (Australia) on loneliness in older adults with cancer. The presentation left me wondering about how much attention we pay to this concern in the older adults we see in our daily practice. Given the expected increase in older adults we will be seeing in our cancer settings, I thought I would share a few of the insights that emerged for me following the presentation.