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'I live for today'
— a qualitative study investigating older people's attitudes to advance planning | | Author(s) | Kritika Samsi, Jill Manthorpe |
| Journal title | Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 19, no 1, January 2011 |
| Pages | pp 52-59 |
| Source | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/hscc |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Dementia ; Planning [admin] ; Participation ; Attitude. |
| Annotation | The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) enables adults with capacity to make plans and decisions in advance. It allows them to arrange proxy decision-making and provides safeguards for those who might lose the capacity to make decisions in the future. This paper investigated the attitudes of 37 healthy older people about their views on documenting their decision-making preferences. Results indicated that most individuals had a personal preference towards planning, guided by personality, beliefs, living situation and the relevancy of planning to their situation. Financial plans and funeral arrangements were most common; health and social care plans least common. Housing and residential care were important for all. However, few participants had heard of the MCA. The family doctor was cited as trustworthy and a potential place to begin inquiries. Considering the onset of certain debilitating conditions encouraged participants to think about planning. The authors conclude that the study has implications for education campaigns that could potentially impact on older people who are interested in making plans but are unaware that legal safeguards and practical support are available. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110627003 A |
| Classmark | E: EA: QA6: TMB: DP |
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