Chapter 22

Question 0

make the difference between transitional crisis and healthy adaption

Answer 0

speed and intensity of change

Question 1

role transitions in later life

Answer 1

1. retirement
2. grandparenthood
3. widowed
4. becoming a caregiver or recipient of care

Question 2

developmental stage that may occupy 30 or more years of life and involve many stages

Answer 2

retirement

Question 3

what is retirement influenced by?

Answer 3

• personal meanins
• expectations
• level of knowledge
• preplanning
• emotional and physical reserves

Question 4

retirement pyramid from bottom to top

Answer 4

• guaranteed income
• long term assets
• insurance
• investments

Question 5

phases of retirement

Answer 5

• remote
• near
• honeymoon
• dissenchantment
• reorientation
• stability
• termination

Question 6

phase of retirement: future anticipation with little real planning

Answer 6

remote

Question 7

phase of retirement: preparation and fantasizing regarding retirement

Answer 7

near

Question 8

phase of retirement: euphoria and testing of the fantasies

Answer 8

honeymoon

Question 9

phases of retirement: letdown, boredom, sometimes depression

Answer 9

disenchantment

Question 10

phase of retirement: developing a realistic and satisfactory lifestyle

Answer 10

reorientation

Question 11

phase of retirement: personal investment in meaningful activities

Answer 11

stability

Question 12

phase of retirement: loss of role resulting from illness or return to work

Answer 12

termination

Question 13

% of women widowed over 85

Answer 13

76%

Question 14

% of men widowed after 85

Answer 14

38%

Question 15

several changes that occur simultaneously because of loss of a spouse

Answer 15

• social status
• economics
• self image

Question 16

common widower bereavement reactions

Answer 16

• search for lost mate
• neglect of self
• inability to share grief
• loss of social contacts
• struggle to view women as other than wife
• erosion of self confidence and sexuality
• protected grief period

Question 17

social bonding…

Answer 17

increases health status

Question 18

provide critical elements of satisfactory living that families may not, providing commitment and affection without judgement

Answer 18

friendships

Question 19

friends function in what ways

Answer 19

• act as surrogate kin
• ease loneliness of widowhood
• validate ones generational viewpoint

Question 20

challenges in later life can put strain on relationship

Answer 20

• deteriorating health
• income limitations
• conflicts with kids or other relatives
• incompatible sexual needs
• mismatch in activity and socialization needs
• divorce more common as older couple less likely to stay in unsatisfactory marriage

Question 21

traditional couple

Answer 21

husband and wife

Question 22

nontraditional couples

Answer 22

• lesbians
• gays
• bisexual
• transexual

Question 23

% older adults never married

Answer 23

4%

Question 24

non relatives that become surrogate family and take on instrumental and affectional attributes of family

Answer 24

fictive kin

Question 25

elderly spouses caring for disabled partners have special needs and may face many role changes

Answer 25

spousal caregiving

Question 26

caregiving roles

Answer 26

1. spousal caregiving
2. aging parents caring for developmentally disabled kids
3. grandparents raising grandkids
4. long distance caregiving
5. role of nonfamily caregiver

Question 27

what to assess wiitth family needs strengths, and roles

Answer 27

• evaluation of stresors
• coping mechanisms
• meaning of caregiving
• cultural values
• support systems
• family dynamics

Question 28

intervention programs

Answer 28

• risk assessment
• education about caregiving
• caregiver health
• home safety
• support groups
• available resources
• stress management