Table 1.

Interview questions derived from an informal survey of doctors and nurses

Interview questions	Expected areas of interest for the study
1.How are you doing on dialysis, and why?	Patient perspective of current outcome and contributing factors
2. How do the people around you influence you - at home, or in the renal unit (doctors, nurses or other patients)?	Influence of family, friends, healthcare professionals or others on living with dialysis as an older person
3. How dependent / independent are you for: activities of daily living; other practical things (money, food, transport)? Who helps?	Exploration of the older patient’s dependence on / independence from social and institutional support
4. What are the best & worst things about life (on dialysis & overall)?	The older patient’s perspective of the salient aspects of life on dialysis
5. How do you see yourself if you were not on dialysis?	Exploration of the impact of dialysis on life course in the elderly
6. What are your thoughts regarding the future or advance care planning?	Patient perspectives of future outcomes and preparation for these