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Future-care Planning and Communication in Midlife

Harrington, Anna Katherine
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1586874168532919

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2020, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Psychology-Adult Development and Aging.
While communication of care and future-care plans among family members has been extensively studied within older adult populations (Balducci et al., 2008; Fowler & Fisher, 2014; Pillemer & Suitor, 2014; Wolff & Kasper, 2006), there has been little literature focused on the thoughts of middle-aged adults about late life and care preferences. This dissertation sought to examine the extent to which future-care plans were created, and whether or not these plans were shared, by adults in midlife, as well as with whom middle-aged adults were sharing their future-care plans. Results indicated that that the strongest predictors of future-care planning and sharing by middle-aged adults were self-efficacy or perceptions of ability to be successful, age, and participant discussion of other future-care needs Additionally, individuals who created future-care plans were highly likely to share those plans, most often with an adult child, a spouse or partner, or both, with creating and sharing plans highly correlated. Despite slightly higher numbers of participants sharing information with adult children, preferences for future-caregivers skewed slightly towards spouses over adult children.
Harvey Sterns, PhD (Committee Chair)
Katherine Judge, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Kevin Kaut, PhD (Committee Member)
Toni Bisconti, PhD (Committee Member)
Pamela Schulze, PhD (Committee Member)
169 p.
Psychology
midlife; middle-age; care planning; intergenerational; care needs

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  • Harrington, A. K. (2020). Future-care Planning and Communication in Midlife [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1586874168532919

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Harrington, Anna. Future-care Planning and Communication in Midlife. 2020. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1586874168532919.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Harrington, Anna. "Future-care Planning and Communication in Midlife." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1586874168532919

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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