This article reviews research and interventions that have grown up around a model of
psychological well-being generated more than two decades ago to address neglected …

Older people reaching end-of-life status are particularly at risk of adverse effects of drug
therapy. Polypharmacy, declining organ function, comorbidity, malnutrition, cachexia and …

This well-established and accessible text has been completely revised in this expanded fifth
edition. Each chapter has been updated, often extensively, to reflect current thinking, and an …

Advance care planning (ACP) is widely considered an essential step toward achieving end-
of-life care that is consistent with the preferences of dying patients and their families. ACP …

Thanks to advances in technology, medicine, Social Security, and Medicare, old age for
many Americans is characterized by comfortable retirement, good health, and fulfilling …

Most extant research on end-of-life communication in families has been based on the
assumption that more communication is better communication. We used a multiple goals …

Abstract Aims and Objectives The aim of this study was to examine and compare decision‐
making preferences on end‐of‐life care for older people in Japan, the Hong Kong SAR and …

More than 17.7 million people in the US care for older adults. Analyzing population datasets
can increase our understanding of the needs of family caregivers of older adults. We …

Communication about organ donation at the time of imminent death is a meaningful, yet less
understood, area of health communication. We employed a multiple goals framework to …

Aims and objectives To undertake a mixed methods thematic literature review that explored
how elderly adults approached decision‐making in regard to their health care following …