Older Adults and the Fear of Death: The Protective Function of Generativity

Major, Rochelle J.; Whelton, William J.; Schimel, Jeff; Sharpe, Donald

doi:10.1017/s0714980816000143

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“…Although studies suggest that fear of death decreases in old age compared to other age groups [ 31 ], they wish to die at home, and part of their fear for referring to a physician may be for this very reason. The elderly are more likely to think about death [ 32 ]; therefore, it is important for them to have coping skills to deal with fear of death. This issue has received little attention in Iran, but the integration of elderly care into the health system network has provided the right opportunity for planning and transferring such skills.…”

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Self-medication among the elderly in Iran: a content analysis study

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BackgroundSelf-medication is described as the use of drugs without a physician’s prescription to treat self-recognized illness or symptoms, and an important health issue among the elderly. Despite the wide range of different definitions, recognizing all forms of self-medication among older adults, particularly, in developing countries, help healthcare professionals and providers to reduce harmful effects of self-medication. The purpose of this study is to describe the practice of self-medication and its related factors among elderly people in Iran based on the experiences of people who are involved in this phenomenon.MethodsThis qualitative study was conducted using content analysis. Purposive sampling was used to select the participants and continued until saturation. The participants were the elderly, their care-givers, physicians, and pharmacists. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews, and analysis was done using an inductive approach. The theory of planned behavior was used as a framework to explain the role of the emerged factors in the occurrence of self-medication behavior.ResultsBased on the expressed experiences of the participants, factors related to the practice of self- medication among the elderly in Iran fit in these 5 categories: “patient’s attitudes towards disease, treatment, and physicians”, “living with disease”, “unfriendly environments”, “enabling health system”, and “influential others”.ConclusionsBased on the results of this study, self-medication of the elderly in Iran has commonalities with many countries in regard to over-the-counter medications and complementary and alternative medicine; however, self-medication is also seen with drugs that require a prescription but can easily be obtained from pharmacies. Contributing factors, apart from the elderly themselves, include their families, caregivers, and social circle, the physical environment where they live, and the health system from which they receive services.

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Self-medication among the elderly in Iran: a content analysis study

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“…Especially, the topic of euthanasia seems to highlight conflicting norms within the general public: The conflict of ending a person’s life with medical methods versus allowing people to suffer when it can be avoided (Emanuel, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Urwin, & Cohen, 2016; Marsala, 2019). Furthermore, trust seems to be an important issue when explaining the differences in attitudes toward euthanasia, especially when drawing international comparisons (Köneke, 2014).…”

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Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, Grief, and the Finitude of Life—A Representative Survey Among the General Public in Germany

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Some end-of-life aspects have become a significant political and social issue such as elderly care and euthanasia. But hardly anything is known about how the general public in Germany thinks about death and dying more generally. Therefore, we conducted a representative online survey ( N = 997) regarding 21 end-of-life aspects. Differences between subgroups were analyzed by conducting analyses of variance and Tukey honestly significance difference post hoc tests and by performing t tests. The findings revealed that the general public is open to engaging with topics of death, dying, and grief and that death education might even be promoted for children. Most participants appraised dealing with the finitude of life as part of a good life, but few have contemplated death and dying themselves so far. Attitudes and perceptions were related to age, subjective health, religious denomination, and gender. The survey provides useful implications for community palliative care, death education, and communication with dying people.

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“…Thus, the joint effect of previous variables can predict 36% of the variance of financial management practices. The results of our work demonstrate that financial behaviour towards retirement is based not only on economic or educational factors, but also on emotional factors linked to personal ability to plan towards period that precedes death (Major et al, 2016) and attitudinal personal factors (Hoffmann & Plotkina, 2020).…”

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A Model for Personal Financial Planning Towards Retirement

Herrador-Alcaide

Hernández-Solís

Topa

2020

Journal of Business Economics and Management

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One problem for sustainability of systems pensions is how people without specialized financial training could manage their resources and their actual personal intentions towards retirement. Research objective is to analyse the relationship among several factors that affect the behaviour towards retirement, the financial management practices and the financial resources, by carrying out a structural equation model (SEM) that was tested in Spanish workers sample in three phases. The influence of financial literacy, financial retirement objectives, optimism on retirement, tolerance to financial risk, and the commitment to financial planning at time 1, are analysed as explanatory variables of financial management practices at time 2. Financial resources for retirement at time 3 are explained by financial management practices. According to results, the model can predict the 36% of the variance of financial management practices and 53% of the variance of financial resources for retirement. Thus, the model can be used for checking of knowledge of the personal financial behaviour before retirement, what enables a better personal financial planning. It would be possible to apply a model based on self-assessment in order to implement a complementary financial planning that would allow to maintain the welfare during retirement.

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Older Adults and the Fear of Death: The Protective Function of Generativity

Cited by 21 publications

References 51 publications

Self-medication among the elderly in Iran: a content analysis study

Self-medication among the elderly in Iran: a content analysis study

Perceptions of and Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, Grief, and the Finitude of Life—A Representative Survey Among the General Public in Germany

A Model for Personal Financial Planning Towards Retirement

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