Advance Directives to Manage Fears and Anxieties of Transgender People via Dementia Planning

J Law Med Ethics. 2024;52(3):704-716. doi: 10.1017/jme.2024.136. Epub 2024 Dec 16.

Abstract

As increasing proportions of our global population age, transgender people are experiencing higher rates of dementia, and many are afraid to enter long-term care. Structural interventions such as advance directives may help mitigate fears around entering long-term care by managing specific anxieties that transgender people may have about dementia, loss of decision-making capacity, and discrimination in long-term care settings.

Keywords: Advance Directive; Aging; Dementia; Discrimination; Transgender.

MeSH terms

  • Advance Directives* / psychology
  • Anxiety / psychology
  • Decision Making
  • Dementia* / psychology
  • Fear* / psychology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Long-Term Care / psychology
  • Male
  • Mental Competency
  • Transgender Persons* / psychology