HDFS 1070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Hearing Aid
23 Jan 2017
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Family in Later Life
Marital Trajectory
- long term long time married individuals (divorce rates aren’t as high as we portray them
to be)
- remarried but possibility remarried once or twice
- married but widowed (80% of women may experience the death of their partner,
widowed women spent a long time being married than widowed and will spend on
average almost 20 years as a widowed, single individual, men who are widowed are
very likely to be remarried
MARITAL ISSUES -
● Re-balancing the boundary between work and family – retirement issues
○ for married couple who have been living their life together, when you no longer
have work consuming your time, puts you in a position where you have to figure
out what you have to do with your time together, adjustment is easier when
couples like one another (can’t assume a couple really likes one another
according to the years they’re spent together)
○ *****choice is the most important predictor of the adjust to retirement****
■ marital issues around retirement is whether they’re choosing if they
retirement, more and more people into the future are going to be forced
into retirement
● Coping with the physical changes of aging – behavioral slowing
○ marital relationships start out with two physically able individuals → once starts to
slow → strain relationship dynamics potentially (ex: doesn’t hear well, tension in
relationship, lead to misunderstandings until you get a hearing aid), changes in
sexual relationship, changes in recreational activities, sexual activity is an
important part of elderly people’s lives
● Frailty within the marital system – marital legacies and management of frailty
○ Conjugal Identities and the Role – Counter-role Distinction
■ Caregiver – Care-receiver
○ as partner becomes frail, shifts marital relationship from caregiver to care
receiver, not always a welcome transition, not one people have control over, “not
only I was your husband, now I’m also a care receiver” more willing to be a
caregiver if I love you and I care for you in the first place
Factors Influencing Role Transitions (has a lot to do with if the role is desired and has to do
with legacy of relationship)
● Knowledge of the role
● Whether or not the role is desired or wanted
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Document Summary
Family in later life long term long time married individuals (divorce rates aren"t as high as we portray them to be) remarried but possibility remarried once or twice. *****choice is the most important predictor of the adjust to retirement**** Marital issues around retirement is whether they"re choosing if they retirement, more and more people into the future are going to be forced into retirement. Coping with the physical changes of aging behavioral slowing. Frailty within the marital system marital legacies and management of frailty. Conjugal identities and the role counter-role distinction. Factors influencing role transitions (has a lot to do with if the role is desired and has to do with legacy of relationship) Whether or not the role is desired or wanted. The myth of the institutionalization of the old - myth, 90% are cared for family members. Complicated by u. s. aging traditions, once people retire live in elderly focused communities often times moving not close to you.
