Supplemental Material for Assessing Future Care Preparation in Late Life: Two Short Measures

Racial differences in future care planning in late life

Ethnicity and Health ◽

10.1080/13557858.2019.1573974 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 625-637 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eva Kahana ◽

Boaz Kahana ◽

Tirth Bhatta ◽

Kaitlyn Barnes Langendoerfer ◽

Jeong Eun Lee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Racial Differences ◽

Late Life ◽

Care Planning ◽

Future Care

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Meeting Challenges of Late Life Disability Proactively

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igz023 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Eva Kahana ◽

Jeffrey S Kahana ◽

Boaz Kahana ◽

Polina Ermoshkina

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Successful Aging ◽

Functional Limitations ◽

Late Life ◽

Well Being ◽

Human Potential ◽

Intergenerational Support ◽

Self Advocacy ◽

Integrative View ◽

Future Care

Abstract Discussions of disability in the gerontological and the disability studies literatures have seldom considered unique perspectives and needs of older adults. Disability has often been stigmatized and viewed as antithetical to successful aging. We call for expansion of prevailing paradigms of disability to address the resilience and continuing human potential of older adults living with disabilities. In addition to recognizing the environmental context of disability, we propose greater attention to adaptive potential of disabled older adults. We discuss 6 types of proactive adaptations that can contribute to empowerment, meaning, enhanced quality of life and psychological well-being among persons living with late-life onset disabilities. These include: (a) helping others, (b) planning for future care, (c) marshaling intergenerational support, (d) self-advocacy for responsive health care, (e) making environmental modifications to improve safety and comfort of the home, and (f) finding strength in spiritual pursuits. Enacting proactive adaptations can contribute to resilience in facing late life impairments and functional limitations. Such efforts can complement utilization of services and obtaining accommodations. Maintaining life satisfaction among older adults living with disabilities also involves focus on transcendent personal goals and acceptance of an altered self. We note how a more integrative view of medical and social dimensions of disability, infused with concepts of human agency, contributes to rapprochement between alternative disciplinary orientations to late life disability. Without negating society’s important responsibilities for accommodating to needs of older adults living with disability, we reaffirm their potential for greater control and self-determination through proactive adaptations.

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Assessing future care preparation in late life: Two short measures.

Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1037/pas0000446 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 29 (12) ◽

pp. 1480-1495 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Silvia Sörensen ◽

Benjamin P. Chapman ◽

Paul R. Duberstein ◽

Martin Pinquart ◽

Jeffrey M. Lyness

Keyword(s):

Late Life ◽

Future Care

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Midlife Migraine/Aura Linked With Late-Life Brain Infarcts

Internal Medicine News ◽

10.1016/s1097-8690(07)71397-5 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 40 (23) ◽

pp. 13

Author(s):

DENISE NAPOLI

Keyword(s):

Late Life ◽

Migraine Aura ◽

Brain Infarcts

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Type 2 Diabetes Doesn't Affect Risk of Late-Life Alzheimer's

Internal Medicine News ◽

10.1016/s1097-8690(08)70633-4 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 41 (11) ◽

pp. 29

Author(s):

HEIDI SPLETE

Keyword(s):

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Late Life

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Midlife HTN Tied to Late-Life Cortical Thinning

Internal Medicine News ◽

10.1016/s1097-8690(11)70286-4 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 44 (6) ◽

pp. 29

Author(s):

MICHELE G. SULLIVAN

Keyword(s):

Late Life ◽

Cortical Thinning

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Refining Evidence-Based Treatments for Late-Life Depression

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000127 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 67-76

Author(s):

Grace C. Niu ◽

Patricia A. Arean

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Brain Plasticity ◽

Late Life ◽

Aging Population ◽

The United States ◽

Future Research ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Late Life Depression ◽

Evidence Based Treatments

The recent increase in the aging population, specifically in the United States, has raised concerns regarding treatment for mental illness among older adults. Late-life depression (LLD) is a complex condition that has become widespread among the aging population. Despite the availability of behavioral interventions and psychotherapies, few depressed older adults actually receive treatment. In this paper we review the research on refining treatments for LLD. We first identify evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for LLD and the problems associated with efficacy and dissemination, then review approaches to conceptualizing mental illness, specifically concepts related to brain plasticity and the Research Domain Criteria (RDoc). Finally, we introduce ENGAGE as a streamlined treatment for LLD and discuss implications for future research.

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