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Racial differences in future care planning in late life
Objectives: Although many older adults fear frailty and loss of independence in late life, relatively few make plans for their future care. Such planning is particularly limited among racial minorities. Given the benefits of future care planning (FCP), it is important to understand factors that faci...
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Published in: | Ethnicity & health 2020-05, Vol.25 (4), p.625-637 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | Objectives: Although many older adults fear frailty and loss of independence in late life, relatively few make plans for their future care. Such planning is particularly limited among racial minorities. Given the benefits of future care planning (FCP), it is important to understand factors that facilitate or hamper FCP in late life. Our study explored racial, demographic, and dispositional influences on thinking about and engagement in FCP among community-dwelling older adults.
Design: This study utilized data from the Elderly Care Research Center's longitudinal study of successful aging based on interviews with 409 older adults. Along with race, education and other demographic factors, we explored dispositional influences of optimism and religiosity on FCP using logistic regression.
Results: African American older adults had significantly lower odds of executing FCP (β = 0.36, p |
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ISSN: | 1355-7858 1465-3419 |
DOI: | 10.1080/13557858.2019.1573974 |