Advance Care Planning: Social Isolation Matters.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social isolation is a risk factor for poor health that influences the well-being older adults.

Objective

We compare advance care planning (ACP) engagement of older adults who were severely socially isolated, socially isolated, and not socially isolated.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of the 2012 National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS).

Setting

United States of America.

Participants

A total of 2015 older adults (aged ≥65 years) randomly selected from a representative sample of community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries to participate in an ACP module as part of an annual in-person interview.

Measurements

We classified participants in three groups: severely socially isolated, socially isolated, or not socially isolated. ACP refers

SUBMITTER: Cudjoe TKM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12266381 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature