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ArticleJournal of clinical nursing2026

Community Dwelling Adults' Lived Experiences of Participating in Death Cafés: A Phenomenological Study With Photovoice.

Wei How Darryl Ang, Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani, Ming Jun Kang, Wai Her Loke, Jia Wen Joel Nai, Wan Ru Deiondre Tan, Wei Liang Xavier Toh, Nicholas Woong, Jung Jae Lee

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Wei How Darryl AngAlice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-1286-3175
Noriko Yamamoto-MitaniGlobal Nursing Research Centre, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1704-7011
Ming Jun KangAlice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0009-9083-0502
Wai Her LokeAlice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0006-9790-9975
Jia Wen Joel NaiAlice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0009-0560-3226
Wan Ru Deiondre TanDepartment of Nursing, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0000-0293-4251
Wei Liang Xavier TohAlice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0009-4395-6700
Nicholas WoongAlice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0009-0002-8229-1501
Jung Jae LeeSchool of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0001-9704-2116

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National University of Singapore Research Fellow Start Up Grant H-569-00-0005
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aimTo explore community dwelling adults' lived experiences of participating in death café in Singapore.

designA descriptive phenomenological study with Photovoice.

methodsA purposive sample of community dwelling adults who participated in a community-based death café was recruited for this study. Data was collected through online individual semi-structured interviews. The Colaizzi's six-step descriptive phenomenological analysis was conducted for data analysis.

resultsTwenty community dwelling adults who participated in a death café were recruited. Participants' experiences of the death café were expounded in four themes: appeals of attending death cafés, enabling features of death café, engaging in die-logues, and perceived impacts of death café on everyday lives. The participants were attracted to death cafés for various reasons including curiosity and grief. A comfortable environment, accompanied by open dialogues and refreshments, was credited as enablers for death conversations. Through these 'die-logues', the participants had a deeper understanding of death and began engaging in advance planning.

conclusionsDeath cafés provide a supportive environment for individuals to engage in death-related conversations that may not easily occur in daily life. By engaging in conversations about mortality within death cafés, participants are encouraged to take proactive steps towards advance planning. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROFESSION AND/OR PATIENT CARE: Findings from this study can guide the development of community-based interventions by highlighting the essential components required for a death café tailored to the Asian context. IMPACT: This study describes the community dwelling adults' lived experiences of participating in a death café. The findings from this study underscore the role of informal conversations about death as a tool to promote population health based palliative care initiatives such as overcoming death taboos and stimulating advance care planning among community dwelling adults. REPORTING

methodThe Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies was used. PATIENT AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Community-dwelling adults participated in the interviews.

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Attitude to DeathDeathIndependent LivingPhotographyAdultAgedAging in PlaceFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSingaporedeath cafédeath conversationslived experiencesphenomenologyPhotovoicequalitative

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PMCPMC13156534

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