SDS150R Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Role Theory, Sandwich Generation, Physical Exercise
1 Aug 2018
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Outline: physical health, facotrs that influence middle adulthood, self-identity, midlife: crisis or transition, sandwich generation, caregiver burden, emptying the nest, grand parenting. The midlife surge : build-up of financial resources, paid of mortgage, marital and life satisfaction increase, dips when kids around and then when they leave it increases. Increased creativity: wisdom, lived number of experiences in life and know what to expect from certain experiences. May consider middle adulthood to be an exhilarating time . Involves caregiving responsibilities towards two or three generations: children, aging parents, and grandchildren. In canada, two-thirds of women and over one-half of men 55-64 years of age are grandparents: during mid-to-late adulthood we see more exits from roles, but grand parenting is an exception in that it is an entrance. Grandparent categories: remote relationships, don"t see often, may live at a distance, typically, to do with geography, 2nd most common type, companionate relationships, frequent contact with grandchild, weekly, monthly, warm interactions.
