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HDFS Exam 4--Marriages in later life and aging
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Undergraduate 1
04/16/2012

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empty nest
Definition
period following the child's exit
-increase in maritial satisfaction
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bommerang generation
Definition
doing rotation through family home after a temporary or lengthy abscence
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older couples/marriages
Definition
-engage in less conflict
-less likely to have children in house
-more liley to engage in pleasurable activities together and separete
-tend to cut back on work commitment as age
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most marriages end with...
Definition
death
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men and women on widowhood
Definition
-men in good marriages where spouse dies tend to marry quicker because of so dependent on spouse
-women in good marriages whose husband dies are les likely to get remarried quickly because of feeling still married to diceased husband
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most important married ingrediants
Definition
-spouse who is best friend and you like
-believe marriage is long term commitmnet
-consensus on fundamentals as aims and goals and philosphy of life
-shared humor
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conflict-habituated marriages
Definition
-tension, arguing, and conflict permeate relationship
-conflict may hold couple together
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passive-congenial marriage
Definition
-begin without emotional spark or intensity contained in romantic idealizations of marriage
-marriages of convenience
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devitalized marriage
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-high levels of emotional intensity that dwindles over time
-history of having been in a more intimate, sexually gratifying, emotional relationship that has become emotional void
-obligation and resignation hold couples together
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vital marriages
Definition
-begin and continue with high levels of emotional intensity
-relationship is most valued aspect of lives
-conflict not absent, but managed--quick resolution
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total marriages
Definition
-characteristics of vital relationships present but to wider and deeper degree
-spouses appear to share everything
Term
Alzheimers Disease
Definition
-Attacks the nervous system
-Progressive
-No cure
-Dementia
-Regression
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risk factors for Alzhiemers
Definition
-Age—longer you live, more likely you will get it
-Family history
-Head trauma
-Sex—females more likely to get disease
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later life and long term families
Definition
-multigenerational
-history together
-later life couples have more maritial quality and satisfaction
-go through transitions of kids leaving home
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sandwhich generation
Definition
-our parents who are taking care of their parents as well as their children
-sandwiched in between our two generations
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Retirement
Definition
-new idea--20th century
-half of people over 65 work part-time
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older generations
Definition
-most are women
-women live 7 years longer than men
-can be blessing and problem
-shifting population--people live longer
-causes widowhood and feminzation of poverty
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where are all these old people?
Definition
-most live in their own homes
-only 10% live in nursing homes
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aging in place
Definition
-accessible housing
-better for persons health to stay at home
-home modifications
-human service organizations
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quality of life in aging
Definition
-health
-finacial stability
-social support
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care giving
Definition
-80% taken care of families
-75-80% of care givers are females
-1/3 of care takers are 65 or older
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factors in eldercare
Definition
-More older people than younger
-Time in family roles is longer period of time than time spending taking care of kids
-Fewer siblings
-Childbearing at later ages
-Higher divorce rates
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stresses of care giving
Definition
-emotional
-physical
-financial
-social
-research shows care giving is easier for males
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child-free elderly
Definition
-fewer social contacts
-more likely to be instittionalized
-nobody to take care of them
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siblings in later life
Definition
-history with you
-longest relationship you'll ever have
-good models
-70% of old people have at least one sibling
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reasons why grandparents raise their grandchildren
Definition
-substance abuse by parents--number one reason--40%
-child abuse/neglect/abandonment
-teen pregnancy
-death of parent
-divorce of parent
-joblessness of parent
-AIDS
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Grandparents face many legal and social problems
Definition
-social support
-respite care
-affordable housing
-access to medical care and insurance
-money
-energy
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