Objectives. End-of-life planning among healthy older adults may protect them from
unwanted medical treatments in later life, in the event that they become incapable of making …

Objectives: To examine the potential facilitators of or deterrents to end‐of‐life planning for
community‐dwelling older adults, including personal (health‐related and …

I use data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (n= 4,971) to evaluate the extent to which
socioeconomic status affects three health-related (living will, durable power of attorney for …

Objective. The study objective was to describe self-reported advance care planning, health
care preferences, use of advance directives, and health perceptions in a very elderly …

OBJECTIVES: Patient involvement in decision‐making has been advocated to improve the
quality of life at the end of life. Although the size of the oldest segment of the population is …

Objectives. Guided by the transtheoretical model of health behavior change, this study
sought to explain why (a) rates of advance care planning remain low in the general …

Objectives To examine whether experiences with illness and end‐of‐life care are associated
with readiness to participate in advance care planning (ACP). Design Observational cohort …

Methods In May 2006, we conducted in-depth exploratory interviews with 15 older adults
about their end-of-life preparation and preferences and with 15 younger adults about their …

Objectives To explore how older adults in the community with a limited life expectancy make
healthcare decisions and the processes used when they are not in an acute crisis. Design …

Objectives: This study assesses the proportions of participants who prefer independent or
delegated medical decision making at the end of life and examines the relationships of …