Table 1 Summary of participant characteristics (all names are pseudonyms)
Participant | Sex | Age | Ethnicity | Language | Main diagnoses/symptoms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rhoda | F | 75 | White British | English | COPD; Heart disease; Type 2 diabetes; Sleep apnoea |
Vera | F | 85 | White British | English | Stroke; Falls |
Nadine | F | 90 | Asian other | French | Stroke (left sided weakness); Osteoporosis |
Ravanan | M | 76 | Asian other | Tamil | Type 2 diabetes; Hormone deficiency; Neck, shoulder and back pain |
Thennan | M | 74 | Asian Indian | Tamil | Type 2 diabetes; Pain (back, legs) |
Tisha | F | 72 | Asian Indian | Tamil | Heart disease; OA; Type 2 diabetes; Obesity |
Colin | M | 82 | White British | English | Parkinson’s disease; OA; urinary incontinence; falls; gout |
Anne | F | 84 | White British | English | Alzheimer’s disease |
Jasmine | F | 71 | Black Caribbean | English | Stroke (old); Falls; Anxiety and panic attacks; Pain (back) |
Pierre | M | 73 | Black African | English | Falls; Dizziness; Impaired vision, OA; Pain (shoulder) |
George | M | 90 | Black Caribbean | English | Falls; Hypertension, Weakness in legs; Mild cognitive impairment |
Geraldine | F | 98 | White British | English | Alzheimer’s disease |
Bilal | M | 70 | Asian Pakistani | English | Stroke; OA |
Elsie | F | 82 | White British | English | COPD; OA; Falls |
Feng | M | 82 | Asian Chinese | Cantonese | High blood pressure; Impaired hearing |
Ping | F | 81 | Asian Chinese | Cantonese | Pain (arms and legs); Difficulty breathing |
Molly | F | 77 | White British | English | Blind (macular degeneration); High blood pressure |
Ruby | F | 79 | Black Caribbean | English | Visual impairment (blind right eye); OA; Falls; Depression |
Neville | M | 84 | White British | English | Glaucoma; cataract surgery; OA |
Betty | F | 86 | White British | English | OA; Hiatus hernia |
Samuel | M | 81 | Black Caribbean | English | Mild cognitive impairment |
Magda | F | 88 | White Other | English | Mild cognitive impairment; Heart failure; Rheumatoid arthritis; Visual impairment (macular degeneration) |
Florence | F | 91 | White Other | English | OA; Migraine; Leg oedema |
Shuang | F | 60 | Asian Chinese | Cantonese | Depression; Urinary incontinence; Dizziness; Asthma |
Ella | F | 94 | Black Caribbean | English | Falls; OA; Depression |
Nina | F | 61 | White British | English | Diabetes; Pain (back and legs) |
Evelyn | F | 78 | White British | English | Type 2 diabetes; OA; Neck pain |
Kate | F | 80 | White British | English | Polio; Visual impairment; |