Barriers and Solutions to Advance Care Planning among Homeless-Experienced Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Older homeless-experienced adults have low rates of advance care planning (ACP) engagement despite high rates of morbidity and mortality. To inform intervention development, we examined potential barriers and solutions to ACP engagement. Design: Cross-sectional qualitative study. Setting: We recruited adults who were homeless in the prior three years and ≥50 years of age in the San Francisco Bay Area, and recruited clinical stakeholders from a national meeting of homeless providers. We analyzed qualitative data using thematic analysis. Measurements: We conducted semistructured interviews with homeless-experienced older adults (n = 20) and focus groups with clinical stakeholders (n = 24) about perce

SUBMITTER: Kaplan LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7523016 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature