Notes 4/24

Question 0

Remarriages, stepfamilies, & blended families:
Family _ _ situations:
- childbearing: different _ and _
- more _ _ of family: _ “his”, “hers”, “theirs”

Answer 0

Life cycle

• experiences, desires
• varied composition, blending

Question 1

Remarriages, stepfamilies, & extended families:

• fewer established _
• “_ institution”
• issues: _, uncertain _, and _. Are _ and _.
• higher risk of _

Answer 1

• norms
• incomplete
• authority, obligations, roles, constructed, negotiated
• divorce

Question 2

Midlife for sandwich generation: taking care of _ and _ at same time

Answer 2

Dependent children, aging parents

Question 3

Caregiver tends to be the _ that _ _.

Answer 3

Female, lives closest

Question 4

Relationships can be _, possibly _.

Answer 4

Complex, ambivalent

Question 5

Families as the _ of _ for sick kids:

-Responsible for (3)

Answer 5

Locus, control

-Recognizing signs of illness, seeking treatment, administering treatment

Question 6

“Quicker & sicker” means

Answer 6

Health ins and medical practices favor short hospital stays

Question 7

Assumes:

• recovery takes place at _
• everyone has _ to help

Answer 7

• home

- family

Question 8

Strongest predictor of being in nursing home:

Answer 8

Not having a spouse/adult child to provide care

Question 9

Families as the locus of control for: (3)

Answer 9

sick kids, acute and chronic illness, disabled elderly