scholarly journals End-of-Life Planning in a Family Context: Does Relationship Quality Affect Whether (and With Whom) Older Adults Plan?

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 586-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Carr ◽  
S. M. Moorman ◽  
K. Boerner
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Family Context ◽  
Life Planning ◽  
End Of Life Planning

scholarly journals End-of-Life Plans for African American Older Adults With Dementia

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (10) ◽  
pp. 1314-1322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen O. Moss ◽  
Nancy L. Deutsch ◽  
Patricia J. Hollen ◽  
Virginia G. Rovnyak ◽  
Ishan C. Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
African American ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Life Planning ◽  
Care Recipients ◽  
Life Plans ◽  
End Of Life Planning

African Americans are perceived to be least likely of all racial and ethnic groups to prepare for the end of life. However, verbal plans for the end of life are of particular importance to this population and may help understand why they are less likely to possess a formal end-of-life care planning document. The purpose of this study was to determine the number of formal and/or informal end-of-life care plans that existed among a convenience sample of African American older adults with dementia. For this descriptive study, data were collected from African American family caregivers (N = 65) of older adults with dementia. Descriptive statistics were conducted. Caregivers in this sample reported high rates of formal and/or informal end-of-life plans for their care recipients. Agency forms (power of attorney, health-care surrogate, or guardianship forms) had been obtained by 74% of the care recipients, while 63% of them possessed a formal end-of-life care planning document. All combined, 88% of the caregivers possessed at least 1 document or verbal information concerning end-of-life care for their care recipient or at least there was an assigned surrogate. Although limited, these findings reflect more end-of-life planning in this population than previous studies reported and could improve the quality of end-of-life outcomes in this population by giving health-care providers increased understanding of African American end-of-life planning preferences. This may, in turn, help the providers to inform and educate these care recipients and their family caregivers.

The role of internet technology in social integration and end-of-life planning of LGBT older adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (s) ◽  
pp. 84-84
Author(s):  
G. Gutman ◽  
S. Mock ◽  
B. De Vries ◽  
A. Humble ◽  
J. Gahagan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Life Planning ◽  
End Of Life Planning

scholarly journals Motivations for advance care and end-of-life planning among lesbian, gay, and bisexual older adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1002-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristie L Seelman ◽  
Terri Lewinson ◽  
Lily Engleman ◽  
Alex Allen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Life Planning ◽  
End Of Life Planning ◽  
Advance Care ◽  
And Bisexual

scholarly journals FUTURE CARE PLANNING INTERVENTION WITH RURAL OLDER ADULTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S425-S425
Author(s):  
Jeong Eun Lee ◽  
Dahee L Kim ◽  
Louise Peitz ◽  
Eva Kahana ◽  
Boaz Kahana
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Care Planning ◽  
Life Planning ◽  
End Of Life Planning ◽  
Future Care

Abstract To address their needs for proactive self-care and end of life planning, we implemented a community based educational program that promotes future care planning (FCP) for community residing older adults. Extension specialists from Iowa State University implemented two brief FCP program sessions with older adults. Topics included both short-term and long-term future care planning activities and strategies. Baseline and post program surveys were completed by 216 community dwelling older adults (M=78.21). The program was successful in getting older Iowans in the rural area start end of life care preparation as well as helping them to make changes in their health care decisions. The majority of participants (89.6 %) reported high satisfaction with the programs. We also found a high rate of change (62%) in opinion regarding future care. The implication of future care planning for is discussed with recommendations for future research.

Developing a web-based platform to foster end-of-life planning among LGBT older adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Beringer ◽  
Gloria Gutman ◽  
Brian Vries
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Life Planning ◽  
End Of Life Planning

scholarly journals Who Prepares More for End of Life? The Factors Associated With End-of-Life Planning Among Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 421-422
Author(s):  
Hayoung Park ◽  
Hey Jung Jun ◽  
Susanna Joo ◽  
Sun Ah Lee
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Life Planning ◽  
End Of Life Planning

Abstract Being an “aged” society, only recently in Korea have there been growing interests in well-dying and end-of-life planning. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the factors associated with the level of end-of-life planning among Korean older adults. For the analyses, 2017 National Survey of Older Koreans was utilized and the sample was 10,073 older adults aged 65 and above. The independent variables were age, gender, employment, education level, marital status, household income, religion, number of children, and life satisfaction. The dependent variable, the level of end-of-life planning, was measured as the sum of five items of the question asking whether they have prepared the following items in preparation for end-of-life: shroud (8.3% prepared), cemetery/charnel house (25.1% prepared), mutual aid society (13.7% subscribed), will (0.5% prepared), lectures in preparation for end-of-life (0.4% participated). The results from multiple regressions using STATA 15.0 indicated that the level of end-of-life planning was significantly associated with age (b=.02, p<.001), gender (b=-.07, p<.001), education level (b=.02, p<.01), household income (b=2.56, p<.001), religion (b=.06, p<.001), number of children (b=.04, p<.001), and life satisfaction (b=.17, p<.001). That is, they have planned more for their end-of-life when older in age, female, more educated, wealthier, with religion, had more children, and more satisfied with life. The findings from this study suggest that political interventions are required to promote end-of-life planning education especially for less educated older adults with low income for their “well-dying”. Further researches are needed to explore other personal/interpersonal factors associated with end-of-life planning.

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