Does Acculturation Matter? End-of-Life Care Planning and Preference of Foreign-born Older Immigrants in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Advance care planning (ACP) is a critical component of health care affecting the quality of later life. Responding to the increase in the older immigrant population in the United States, this empirical study explored the racial/ethnic gaps in ACP behaviors among older immigrants and examined the end-of-life (EOL) care planning and preferences of foreign-born immigrant older adults focusing on race/ethnicity, acculturation, health need factors, and enabling social factors (financial capability, public assistance, and informal supports) after controlling predisposing factors (sociodemographic characteristics).

Research design and methods

Using a subsample from the National Health and Aging Trends Study 2011 and 2012, hierarchical logistic regression m

SUBMITTER: Grace Yi EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6561643 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature