Unreached – a study of advanced illness and financial insecurity
Wednesday 8 July 2026, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Venue
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Event Details
In July's IOELC research seminar we will hear from three researchers involved in the study 'Unreached - a study of advanced illness and financial insecurity'.
The study explored the lived experiences of financial insecurity during advanced illness across diverse UK settings to inform policy and practice at the end-of-life. The research team interviewed fifty-one participants (18 people with advanced illness and 33 family carers) across rural North Wales (n = 18), rural/coastal/island Scotland (n = 20), and urban/coastal Southern England (n = 13). They found that financial insecurity compounds the challenges of advanced illness, creating precarity shaped by geography, access to care, and community context. While people adopted resourceful coping strategies, systemic gaps heightened need. Hardship was often normalised but should not be accepted as inevitable.
Speakers
Dr Caroline Mogan
Liverpool John Moores University
Caroline's research focuses on the structural, social, and emotional challenges faced by people with advanced illness and their unpaid carers, with an emphasis on those living in rural and remote communities.
Dr Jo Williams
University of Southampton
Jo Williams is a Mental Health Nurse and Research Fellow at the University of Southampton where she is currently engaging with Black Communities in Southampton and the surrounding locality exploring the lived experience of persistent musculoskeletal pain. Prior to this, Jo was involved in the Unreached study funded by Marie Curie, exploring the impact of living with advanced illness on a low income in rural and urban areas.
Dr Sam Quinn
School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews
Sam is a Research Fellow and qualitative researcher specialising in end-of-life care and structurally vulnerable populations. His recent work has focused on how poverty and financial insecurity shape experiences of life-limiting illness and access to care.
Contact Details
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