Module 6 Flashcards
1
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lack of social support and social isolation
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- Increased risk for mortality
- Increased risk for depression and suicide
- Negative health behaviours
- Increased cognitive decline
1
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social support system
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network of relatives, friends and organizations that provide you with support.
Support function refers to what type of support members of your network provide you with
2
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family
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- Nuclear includes parents and children
- Extended refers to the wider network of family relashonships
- Changing family strcutures
○ Verticalization of family systems
○ Increased likihood of having living siblings
○ Increased life expectancy of men
○ Increased frequency of divorce
3
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friendship and companionship later in life
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- Friends are important for particpation in leisure activites, emotional support, and wellbeing, having close friends has been found to increase life satisfaction
- Widowhood may change friend networks as widows no longer feel comfortbale socializing with their married friends
4
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pets
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- Pets can provide an important source of companionship in later life
- Can help people cope with stress, bereavement and loss
5
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marriage
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- Most intimate relashonship an indidivual will have
- Maritial satifaction changes over the life course following a u shaped pattern. Less than 3% of marriages last 50 years or more. Studies suggest intimacy, sharing interests and values and sharing your lives are the keys to a happy marriage
- Marrried older adults have lower mortality rates, fewer chronic condtions, and better mental health
- Increased resoruces, larger social support networks and more support, positive infleunces on health behvaiours.
6
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parent-child relationships
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- Children share more than 50 years of life with their parents and this relashonship is permanet and involuntary
- Linked to psycological and physical wellbeing
- Adult children remain very involved in the lives of their parents
- Working class families are more likely to live closer together or lie toegther bc they have less resocurces and social support availible
Racial and ethnic minority groups also often have more contact with their parents
7
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intergenerational support
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- Attempts to explain how supportive relashonships and living arrangements of parents and children change over time
- Factors that influence level of solidrity and support between generations
○ Frequency of interaction, amount of interaction, amount of positive sentiment, level of agreement on values, and beleifs, degree services are exchanged and geographical proximity
- Factors that influence level of solidrity and support between generations
8
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filial piety
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- Respect and care for your parents
- Chinese and korean cultures
- Eldest son is expected to take care and support his parents and the daughter in law to care for them
9
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sibling relationships
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- Bond between sisters tends to be closest
- During childhood siblings tend to be close and then in adulthood they may have less time for each other
10
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grandparent- grandchild relationships
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- Currently 94% of older adults 75+ in canada are grandparents
Factors that influence relationship include: proximity and quality of th relationship
11
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after divorce
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- Either increased bond
- Intimacy at a distance with little change
Signifant changes influenced by blood marriage divorce and remarriage
- Intimacy at a distance with little change
12
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grand parenting styles
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- Remote: relationship is mostly ritualistic and symbolic
- Comapassionate: focus on friendly relationship and leisure activites
- Involved: take an active role in rearing grandchildren
13
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elder abuse
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- Refers to neglect, financial explitation or physical, mental or sexual abuse of older adults
- Stressed acre-gover: the abuser is likely an underappreciated and overworker caregiver
- Learned violence: abusers usually have been abused themselves in the past and become an abuser because of this learned behaviour
