Stage 8: Families in Retirement and Old Age Flashcards
What is the period in which Stage 8: Families in Retirement and Old Age takes place?
From retirement till death of the marriage partner
What are the 3 developmental tasks in Stage 8: Families in Retirement and Old Age?
a. Involvement with grandchildren and partners of the children
b. Dealing with problems of aging
c. Adjusting to retirement; coping with death and living alone.
What is the EPT in Stage 8: Families in Retirement and Old Age?
Accepting the shifting generational roles
What are the 4 second order changes in Stage 8: Families in Retirement and Old Age?
a. Maintaining own and/or couple functioning and interests in face of physiological decline: exploration of new familial and social role options
b. Support for more central role of middle generation
c. Making room in the system for the wisdom and experience of the elderly, supporting the older generation without over functioning for them
d. Dealing with loss of spouse, siblings, and other peers and preparation for death
What are the issues and challenges in Stage 8: Families in Retirement and Old Age?
Dealing with problems of aging/ Dealing with aging of older generation:
• The final stage that of the aging family, lasts until the death of one of the partners. The couple must adjust to becoming older and facing death.
Adjusting to retirement; coping with death/loss of spouse and living alone / Dealing with disabilities and death of parents (grandparents)
- Couples might become isolated during this stage as friends die or as they are forced by ill health to move to nursing homes or hospitals.
- This stage is even more difficult if the couple suffers from inadequate financial resources.
