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Preparation for future care (PFC) is defined as the attitudes, thoughts, and actions that caregiving families and older adults undertake to develop plans for when the older adults are no longer able to independently carry out activities of daily living. They include the location and manner in which the older adult hopes to receive assistance and care, who will and can provide this care, and under what circumstances the care would be needed. PFC encompasses four measureable steps/dimensions (Sörensen et al. 2017): (1) an initial awareness of potential future needs, (2) gathering information about needs and resources that might address those needs, (3) making decisions about preferences, and (4) taking concrete actions to ensure those preferences are accessible when needed. A fifth dimension of PFC is (5)...
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Sörensen, S. (2019). Preparation for Future Care: The Role of Family Caregivers. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_25-1
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