chapter16pt2

• Families and Social

  Relationships
• Married Older Adults

  Nearly ____percent of U.S. adults (over 65) are

  married (2017)

  58
• More ___ than ____

  -Being married->

  happier and live longer

  men, women
• Caring for a sick partner——> ___and

  demands on intimacy

  stress
• LGBTQ+

  +
• -

  Married couples

  =-better quality of ___

  -

  More _____ and ____ resources

  better, economic, social
• Older divorced people remarry at higher rates than younger ones do.
• Divorce is increasing

  • Majority being women

  -

  -____, financial, and ____

  consequences

  social, physical
• Divorce can ____ kinship ties when it occurs in later life, especially in the case of older ___

  weaken, men
• _____older ___are less likely to have adequate financial resources than ____ older women

  divorced, women, less, married
• divorce is linked to _____rates of health problems in older adults

  higher
• Remarriage is _____

  • Rising divorce rates


  increasing
• results in

  Increased longevity

  -Better health 
• Cohabiting

  Older Adults
• And in a recent national study of older adults, male cohabitors' ____\well-being (lower levels of ___\\\, stress, and ___\\_)

  psychologica, depression, loneliness
• Also rising

  -

  More

  _—-than

  _____

  sex, love
• Maintain assets

  separately
• Attachment in Older Adults
• Attachment anxiety _____

  decreases
• Relationships:--->lowered _____and

  _____

  anxiety, avoidnce
• ___——-social ____ leads to ___

  life

  avoidance,Isolation,shorter
• _____ security——->competence ——>psychological adjustment

  attachment,
• Parents and Children
• __have living, middle-aged children. _____are more likely involved

  80%, daughters
• Children obligations

  -

  1.Coordinate and monitor ____

  -

  2.Oversee ____\decisions

  -

  3.Live-in ____

  services , financial, caretaker
• 1.This might involve locating a nursing

  home and monitoring its quality, procuring ___services, arranging public service assistance

  medical,
• Friendships

  New relationships ____

  decline
• New relationships _____after the death of a partner

  increase
• Close relationships maintain:
• ____\problematic and negative

  -

  Longevity

  -

  ____quality

  -

  Pleasant conversations

  -

  Few discussions of ___experiences

  less, material, stressful
• ETHNICTY, GENDER AND CULTURE
• Ethnicity B
• Elderly ethnically minoritized adults

  -

  Face______ AND _____

  -

  History of ____education

  -

  Longer periods of ______

  -

  Worse housing conditions

  -

  ageism, racism, less , unemployment,
• Shorter life expectancies

  Increased _____ mechanisms:

  -

  Extended family networks

  -

  ______

  coping, Churches
• Gender

  f
• Elderly women face both ____ and

  ____

  -

  Racism as well if a part of an ethnically

  minoritized group

  -

  _____ rate doubles for female

  ageism, sexism, Poverty, double
• Culture

  s
• Held at a higher status when they:

  -

  Are seen as having valuable _____

  -

  Control key family/community ___

  -

  Are permitted to engage in valued

  functions as long as possible

  knowledge, resources
• And when the culture:

  -

  Has role continuity throughout life

  -

  Sees age-related role as greater

  responsibility, authority, and advisory

  capacity

  -

  Has extended family
• Elderly ethnically minoritized adults

  -

  Face ageism AND racism

  -

  History of less education

  -

  Longer periods of unemployment

  -

  Worse housing conditions

  -

  Shorter life expectancies