Barriers to and Facilitators of South Asian Indian ‐Americans’ Engagement in Advanced Care Planning Behaviors

Abstract
PurposeTo identify barriers to and facilitators of older South Asian Indian‐Americans’ (SAIAs’) engagement in behaviors associated with advance care planning (ACP).
MethodsUsing a descriptive qualitative design guided by the transcultural nursing assessment model, data were collected in focus groups of community‐dwelling older SAIA participants, SAIA family caregivers, and SAIA physicians. A directed approach using predetermined coding categories derived from the Transcultural Nursing Assessment model and aided by NVivo 10 software (Melbourne, Australia) facilitated the qualitative data analysis.
ResultsEleven focus groups with 36 older SAIAs (61% female, 83% 70+ years old), 10 SAIA family caregivers, and 4 SAIA physicians indicated prior lack of awareness of ACP, good health status, lack of access to linguistically and health literacy–tailored materials, healthcare provider hesitation to initiate discussions on ACP, trust in healthcare providers’ or oldest sons' decision making, busy family caregiver work routines, and cultural assumptions about filial piety and after‐death rituals as major barriers to engaging in ACP. Introducing ACP using personal anecdotes in a neutral, group‐based community setting and incentivizing ACP discussions by including long‐term care planning were suggested as facilitators to engage in ACP.
Clinical RelevanceThe study's findings will guide development of culturally sensitive interventions to raise awareness about ACP a...

Source: Journal of Nursing Scholarship - April 7, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Kavita Radhakrishnan, Shubhada Saxena, Regina Jillapalli, Yuri Jang, Miyong Kim Tags: ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT Source Type: research