Abstract

BARRIO CANTALEJO, Inés Mª. et al. Review of literature about the use of living bill by elderly population. Gerokomos [online]. 2008, vol.19, n.2, pp.22-32. ISSN 1134-928X.

The Living Will (LW) gathers the treatment preferences of a person. Spain is starting the LW' implantation. In order to the TV will be accessible and useful for the older people, we have to know how it has been developed in other countries. In United States, TV has happened through different stages: from a formal and bureaucratic conception to an integral concept, denominated Advance Care Planning. Spanish old adults have a favourable opinion about TV, but it is necessary to include it in a strategy of communication and dialogue with its family and its professionals caregivers. Review literature findings will facilitate the development of an effective organizational model that standardizes in Spain the use of the TV by the old adults.

Keywords : Review literature; old adults; decision making; living will; advance care planning.

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