Advance care planning for older homeless-experienced adults: Results from the health outcomes of people experiencing homelessness in Older Middle Age Study
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Jul 20, 2018
Sudore RL, et al. - In this cross-sectional analysis, researchers examined the commonness of advance care planning (ACP) contemplation, discussions, documentation (surrogate designation, advance directives), and possible surrogate decision-makers in a cohort of 350 homeless-experienced adults aged 50 and older in Oakland, CA. They also assessed the factors related to ACP discussions and documentation by using multivariable logistic regression. Findings revealed that having a potential surrogate was reported by the majority of older homeless-experienced adults, but only a few have talked about or documented their ACP wishes. The odds of both were greater with larger social networks
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