<p> The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of advance healthcare planning education among independent community-dwelling older adults, ages 60 and over, on their understanding of the advance healthcare planning presentation, including advance healthcare directive and physician's orders for life-sustaining treatments. Data were collected via a demographic survey, an attitudes toward end of life survey, and a pretest and posttest related to the educational presentation. The results indicated a statistically significant overall improvement from pretest to posttest, <i>p</i> = .001. Many older adults do not like to discuss end of life due to a lack of knowledge of health, fear, or guilt. The discussion of the advance directive and physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) should be addressed in the community setting before the patient is critically ill in the hospital. </p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:1522658 |
| Date | 03 May 2013 |
| Creators | Woods, Janice Xiao La |
| Publisher | California State University, Long Beach |
| Source Sets | ProQuest.com |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
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