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period following the child's exit
-increase in maritial satisfaction |
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| doing rotation through family home after a temporary or lengthy abscence |
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-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... |
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| men and women on widowhood |
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-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 |
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-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 |
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-tension, arguing, and conflict permeate relationship
-conflict may hold couple together |
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| passive-congenial marriage |
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-begin without emotional spark or intensity contained in romantic idealizations of marriage
-marriages of convenience |
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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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-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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-characteristics of vital relationships present but to wider and deeper degree
-spouses appear to share everything |
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-Attacks the nervous system
-Progressive
-No cure
-Dementia
-Regression |
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| risk factors for Alzhiemers |
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-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 |
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-multigenerational
-history together
-later life couples have more maritial quality and satisfaction
-go through transitions of kids leaving home |
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-our parents who are taking care of their parents as well as their children
-sandwiched in between our two generations |
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-new idea--20th century
-half of people over 65 work part-time |
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-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? |
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-most live in their own homes
-only 10% live in nursing homes |
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-accessible housing
-better for persons health to stay at home
-home modifications
-human service organizations |
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-health
-finacial stability
-social support |
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-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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-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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-emotional
-physical
-financial
-social
-research shows care giving is easier for males |
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-fewer social contacts
-more likely to be instittionalized
-nobody to take care of them |
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-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 |
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-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 |
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-social support
-respite care
-affordable housing
-access to medical care and insurance
-money
-energy |
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