Family Flashcards
define family
set of relationships that each patient identifies as a network of individuals who influence each others lives regardless of biological or legal ties
define traditional nuclear family
consists of mother and father (married or common law) and their children
define blended family
Formed when both parents bring children from previous relationships into a new, joint living situation
Or when children from current union and children from previous unions are living together
define lone parent family
Consists of one parents and one or more children. Formed when one parent leaves nuclear family due to death, divorce, or desertion.
Or when single person decides to have or adopt a child
list the categories of current trends in Canadian families?
- domestic roles
- economic status
- Indigenous families
- family caregivers
what is the influence of domestic roles?
- Balancing employment and domestic responsibilities creates challenges of child and elder care, and household work
- Management of domestic tasks and parenting responsibilities vary from family to family
What is the influence of economic status?
- Distribution of wealth affects capacity to maintain health
- Low educational preparation, poverty, and decreased amounts of support magnify impact of illness on family and increase amount of illness
What is the influence of indigenous families?
- Fastest growing group with children younger than 24 years
- Family structures tend to be larger, younger family members, and contain greater diversity in members than non-indigenous
- Each group has their own traditions, rituals, relationships, and functions that needs to be taken into account in nursing care
- Have multigenerational structures that consists of grandparents, aunts, cousins, etc, and each member has obligations to the family
What is the influence of family caregivers?
- persons 80 years of age and older are Canada’s fastest-growing age group
- life expectancy for women: 84, for men: 80
- affects mostly middle generation as family members serve as informal caregivers
- most caregivers are women who provide 10 hours or more of unpaid assistance per week
- important aspect of assessment and intervention given the changes occurring within sociocultural and economic contexts of family health
Define hardiness
internal strengths and durability of family unit and is characterized by a sense of control over outcome of life, perceiving change as beneficial and growth producing and having active rather than passive approaches to stressful events
Define resiliency
ability to cope with expected and unexpected stressors (role changes, developmental milestones, and crises)
What is the family life cycle phase: Emerging young adults?
- Differentiation of self in relation to family of origin
- Development of intimate peer relationships
- Establishment of self in relation to work and financial independence
What is the family life cycle phase: Couple formation - joining of families
- Establishment of couple identity
- Realignment of relationships with extended family to include spouse
- Decisions about parenthood
What is the family life cycle phase: Families with young children
- Adjusting marital system to make space for the child
- Joining in childbearing, financial and household tasks
- Realignment of extended family relationships to include parenting and grandparenting roles
What is the family life cycle phase: Families with adolescents
- Shift to parent-child relationships to permit adolescents to move in or out of the system
- Refocus on midlife marital and career issues
- Beginning shift toward joint caring for older generation
