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2023-09-20Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/11665
Prevalence of living wills among older adults in Germany
dc.contributor.authorWurm, Susanne
dc.contributor.authorSpuling, Svenja M.
dc.contributor.authorReinhard, Ann-Kristin
dc.contributor.authorEhrlich, Ulrike
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-20T14:27:20Z
dc.date.available2023-09-20T14:27:20Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-20none
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/11296
dc.description.abstractBackground: Living wills regulate medical decisions in emergency situations. Those who create a living will can have it registered voluntarily in the Central Register of Lasting Powers of Attorney. Little is known about the general prevalence of living wills. Methods: The German Ageing Survey is an ongoing, population-representative study. 4,185 people aged 50 and older were surveyed about living wills in 2020/2021. Results: 44.8 % of people aged 50 and older have a living will, women more often than men (50.1 % vs. 39.2 %), older people more often than middle-aged people. Educational differences do not exist. Conclusions: Living wills increase the autonomy in medical emergency situations because the patient’s wishes are specified in written form. People of all age groups should inform themselves about the significance of living wills and should seek advice about the contents, for example from the general practitioner or one’s own health insurance.ger
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectPreventioneng
dc.subjectPrevalenceeng
dc.subjectLiving Willseng
dc.subjectGerman Ageing Survey 2020/2021eng
dc.subjectMiddle Agedeng
dc.subjectAgedeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titlePrevalence of living wills among older adults in Germanynone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/11296-7
dc.identifier.doi10.25646/11665
local.edoc.pages6none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-issue3none
local.edoc.container-periodicalpart-titleHealth of older people in Germanynone
local.edoc.container-firstpage55none
local.edoc.container-lastpage60none

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