Appendix 1: Research Instruments
ISBN: 978-1-83909-587-0, eISBN: 978-1-83909-584-9
Publication date: 12 June 2023
Citation
Robinson, P. (2023), "Appendix 1: Research Instruments", How Gay Men Prepare for Death, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 133-136. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83909-584-920231010
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2023 Peter Robinson. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited
Gay Men's End-of-Life Plans and Preparations
Interview Questions
We begin with four questions about your personal life.
Briefly tell me the story of your family relationships.
How long have you been out and how easy has been your gay life?
Briefly describe your relationship status. Are you single, married, divorced, in a long-term relationship and for how long have you been so?
Do you have any children? If you do, please explain the nature of your relationship. For example, are they children from a previous straight relationship, the children of your partner or children you and your partner have had together?
Next set of questions concerns your will and asks for more detail than the preliminary questions.
Do you have a will and have you revised it often in the last 10 years?
If you have a will, have you appointed an executor? Who did you choose and why? If not, who do you think you would choose and why?
In some jurisdictions, someone can be appointed to look after a person's medical and financial decisions in the event of their losing capacity to do so themselves. This can be known as enduring power of attorney, medical and financial. Have you appointed an enduring power of attorney medical and financial and who did you choose and why? If not, who do you think you would choose and why?
In some jurisdictions, someone can be appointed to make lifestyle choices for a person in the event of their losing capacity to do so for themselves, e.g. to arrange meals at home, home visits or to move you into aged-care accommodation. A person with these responsibilities can be known as a Guardian. Have you appointed a Guardian and who did you choose and why? If not, who do you think you would choose and why?
If you have a will, who are your beneficiaries? Who did you choose and why? If not, who do you think you would choose and why?
Is there anything else you would like to say about your will and end-of-life plans? [Prompt: funeral plans]
Two final questions concern the end of life.
What thoughts do you have about your physical end of life? [Prompt: Any beliefs about euthanasia, life after death?]
Do you have an advance care plan or directive? [Explain if not] How did [would] you frame your values directive and why? How did [would] you frame your instructional directive and why?
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