Durable power of attorney for health care.

Completion of a durable power of attorney for health care: what does cognition have to do with it?

PURPOSE This study examined the association between cognitive functioning and completion of a durable power of attorney for health care. DESIGN AND METHODS Participants were from the Second Longitudinal Study on Aging (LSOA II), a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling persons who were at least 70 years of age at the time of participation. The sample included 325 older adult r...

California's durable power of attorney for health care.

The durable power of attorney for health care.

A comparison of state advance directive documents.

PURPOSE Advance directive (AD) documents are based on state-specific statutes and vary in terms of content. These differences can create confusion and inconsistencies resulting in a possible failure to honor the health care wishes of people who execute health care documents for one state and receive health care in another state. The purpose of this study was to compare similarities and differen...

The Impact of Late-Life Parental Death on Adult Sibling Relationships: Do Parents' Advance Directives Help or Hurt?

The authors examined whether the effect of parental death on adults siblings' relationship quality varies on the basis of the presence and perceived effectiveness of a deceased parent's formal preparations for end-of-life care. The authors used data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study and focused on the relationship quality of a bereaved adult child and his or her randomly selected sibling. P...