Notes 4/24 Flashcards
Remarriages, stepfamilies, & blended families:
Family _ _ situations:
- childbearing: different _ and _
- more _ _ of family: _ “his”, “hers”, “theirs”
Life cycle
- experiences, desires
- varied composition, blending
Remarriages, stepfamilies, & extended families:
- fewer established _
- “_ institution”
- issues: _, uncertain _, and _. Are _ and _.
- higher risk of _
- norms
- incomplete
- authority, obligations, roles, constructed, negotiated
- divorce
Midlife for sandwich generation: taking care of _ and _ at same time
Dependent children, aging parents
Caregiver tends to be the _ that _ _.
Female, lives closest
Relationships can be _, possibly _.
Complex, ambivalent
Families as the _ of _ for sick kids:
-Responsible for (3)
Locus, control
-Recognizing signs of illness, seeking treatment, administering treatment
“Quicker & sicker” means
Health ins and medical practices favor short hospital stays
Assumes:
- recovery takes place at _
- everyone has _ to help
- home
- family
Strongest predictor of being in nursing home:
Not having a spouse/adult child to provide care
Families as the locus of control for: (3)
sick kids, acute and chronic illness, disabled elderly