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Care of the older person
What matters the most to the older person is pain care provision that is cost-effective
  1. Joanne Harmon
  1. Clinical and Health Sciences, Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Joanne Harmon, Clinical and Health Sciences, Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia; joanne.harmon{at}unisa.edu.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103857

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    Commentary on: Heintz HL, Paik JM, Baird L, Driver JA, Moye J. What matters most to older adults: Racial and ethnic considerations in values for current healthcare planning. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Oct;71(10):3254-3266. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18525. Epub 2023 Aug 2.

    Implications for practice and research

    • When goal setting for older persons’ pain care provision, financial implications must be considered.

    • Religious, racial, ethnic and cultural considerations in relation to bodily autonomy mattered the most for black participants, whereas for white participants, quality of life was more important than length of life.

    Context

    The evidence base for end-of-life care and advance care directive planning suggests that racial, ethnic and cultural considerations are relevant and influential to the older persons’ healthcare decision-making processes. This US study by Heintz …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.