"They don't want to hear us": Hispanic elders and adult children speak about end-of-life planning.

J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care

Ravazzin Center for Social Work Research in Aging, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA.

Published: May 2007

This study used focus groups to understand Hispanic elders' and adult children's concerns about end-of-life planning. Ten older persons participated in the elders group, and ten adult children in a separate group. Themes in both groups included communication, control, burden, spirituality, religious issues, and importance of family relationships. Communication regarding end-of-life planning was of particular importance to both elders and adult children. The most striking indication of the challenges in communication about end-of-life issues is the insistence by both the elders and the adult children that their children/ parents do not want to have these discussions.

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