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PLANNING FOR FUTURE CARE NEEDS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PERCEIVED NEED
Despite the demonstrated need to plan for future care needs, many individuals fail to engage in planning, often with negative consequences for their future health and well-being (Lee, Mason, & Cotlear, 2010). Theoretically, the propensity to utilize planning resources may be related to the perce...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6840600/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1707 |
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author | Gorenko, Julie A Speirs, Calandra Konnert, Candace McGuinness, Claire Mori, Camille |
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description | Despite the demonstrated need to plan for future care needs, many individuals fail to engage in planning, often with negative consequences for their future health and well-being (Lee, Mason, & Cotlear, 2010). Theoretically, the propensity to utilize planning resources may be related to the perceived need for care in the future, a demonstrated predictor of the utilization of health and mental health services (Andersen, 1995; Karlin, Duffy, & Greaves, 2008). The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of need for future care in combination with predisposing (age, financial security, attitudes towards planning) and enabling (anticipated support, satisfaction with family discussions about future care needs) variables in predicting planning behavior. The sample was comprised of 385 adults, aged 50 years and older (M=66.5, SD=9.3, range=50-92). Hierarchical regression analyses entered two well-established predictors, age and financial security in step 1, and attitudes towards planning, anticipated support, satisfaction with family discussions, and perception of need in step 2. Age and financial security explained 17% of the variance in planning; the addition of step 2 variables explained 33% of the variance and R-squared was significant (p<.001). All predictors were significant at p<.001, with the exception of anticipatory support (p<.05). These results support both the individual (i.e. positive attitudes, perceived need) and contextual nature of planning, in particular the belief that support will be available when you need it and the benefits of family discussions in facilitating planning. Recommendations for enhancing successful planning among individuals and their families will be presented. |
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spelling | pubmed-68406002019-11-15 PLANNING FOR FUTURE CARE NEEDS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PERCEIVED NEED Gorenko, Julie A Speirs, Calandra Konnert, Candace McGuinness, Claire Mori, Camille Innov Aging Session 2325 (Poster) Despite the demonstrated need to plan for future care needs, many individuals fail to engage in planning, often with negative consequences for their future health and well-being (Lee, Mason, & Cotlear, 2010). Theoretically, the propensity to utilize planning resources may be related to the perceived need for care in the future, a demonstrated predictor of the utilization of health and mental health services (Andersen, 1995; Karlin, Duffy, & Greaves, 2008). The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of need for future care in combination with predisposing (age, financial security, attitudes towards planning) and enabling (anticipated support, satisfaction with family discussions about future care needs) variables in predicting planning behavior. The sample was comprised of 385 adults, aged 50 years and older (M=66.5, SD=9.3, range=50-92). Hierarchical regression analyses entered two well-established predictors, age and financial security in step 1, and attitudes towards planning, anticipated support, satisfaction with family discussions, and perception of need in step 2. Age and financial security explained 17% of the variance in planning; the addition of step 2 variables explained 33% of the variance and R-squared was significant (p<.001). All predictors were significant at p<.001, with the exception of anticipatory support (p<.05). These results support both the individual (i.e. positive attitudes, perceived need) and contextual nature of planning, in particular the belief that support will be available when you need it and the benefits of family discussions in facilitating planning. Recommendations for enhancing successful planning among individuals and their families will be presented. Oxford University Press 2019-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6840600/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1707 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Session 2325 (Poster) Gorenko, Julie A Speirs, Calandra Konnert, Candace McGuinness, Claire Mori, Camille PLANNING FOR FUTURE CARE NEEDS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PERCEIVED NEED |
title | PLANNING FOR FUTURE CARE NEEDS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PERCEIVED NEED |
title_full | PLANNING FOR FUTURE CARE NEEDS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PERCEIVED NEED |
title_fullStr | PLANNING FOR FUTURE CARE NEEDS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PERCEIVED NEED |
title_full_unstemmed | PLANNING FOR FUTURE CARE NEEDS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PERCEIVED NEED |
title_short | PLANNING FOR FUTURE CARE NEEDS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PERCEIVED NEED |
title_sort | planning for future care needs: the importance of perceived need |
topic | Session 2325 (Poster) |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6840600/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1707 |
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