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Late-life Preparedness and its Correlates: A Behavioral Perspective on Preparatory Activities.

OBJECTIVES
The present study examined the extent of late-life preparedness and its correlates. In accordance with behavior theories, we postulated that those who have prior experience with caregiving, and who perceive such activities as more useful, and less risky are more likely to engage in late-life preparatory activities. Since the perceived distance until aging-related life challenges become prevalent may play a role in late-life preparedness, we hypothesized that the effects of the correlates would vary depending on one's subjective remaining life expectation (SRLE).


METHOD
Building upon cross-sectional data including 581 German adults from 18 to 93 years, we fitted a hurdle model that separately analyzes the presence and variety of self-reported action-engagement to better handle the zero-inflated count measure of preparatory activities.


RESULTS
The results revealed that the effects of perceived utility, caregiving experience, and SRLE were significant for both the presence and variety of activities. SRLE were found to moderate the observed effects in the models: the effect of perceived utility on the presence of at least one late-life preparatory activity was larger for those with lower SRLE. In contrast, among those with higher SRLE, having provided care increased the variety of preparatory activities.


DISCUSSION
Findings suggest that some of the examined psychosocial factors are similarly associated with both the presence of at least one as well as the variety of late-life preparatory activities, although the extent of their effects varies depending on one's subjective life stage.