Promoting the use of enduring powers of attorney in older adults: a literature review
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Article Title | Promoting the use of enduring powers of attorney in older adults: a literature review |
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ERA Journal ID | 15758 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Mitchell, Leander K. (Author), Pachana, Nancy A. (Author), Wilson, Jill (Author), Vearncombe, Katharine (Author), Massavelli, Bronwyn (Author), Byrne, Gerard J. (Author) and Tilse, Cheryl (Author) |
Journal Title | Australasian Journal on Ageing |
Journal Citation | 33 (1), pp. 2-7 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1440-6381 |
1741-6612 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12043 |
Web Address (URL) | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajag.12043/abstract |
Abstract | This review aims to identify factors that facilitate the establishment of enduring powers of attorney (EPOAs), and those that create a barrier to their establishment. The primary aim was to provide guidance about how to encourage future planning while people are cognitively able to make such important decisions. A detailed search of the literature was conducted to identify research looking at the motivating factors behind putting future-planning strategies in place. The literature highlighted a number of broad areas motivating the establishment of EPOAs, including: demographic factors; intrapersonal and personality factors; health and psychological factors; cognitive factors; and socio-emotional factors. While a number of factors play a role in determining whether or not a person establishes an EPOA, the factor most malleable to change is the awareness and knowledge of older adults and their families regarding the utility of EPOAs. © 2013 ACOTA. |
Keywords | older adults; power of attorney; substitute decision-making; advance directives; aged; Australia; decision making; human rights; humans |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 489999. Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified |
520402. Decision making | |
420301. Aged health care | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
Department of Health, Queensland | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3z6q/promoting-the-use-of-enduring-powers-of-attorney-in-older-adults-a-literature-review
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