Sociology 2202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Network, Dementia, Distant Relatives
2 Jan 2018
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Heavy emphasis when talking about aging: particularly in the form of caregiving, not always seen as a burden. Social support includes: informal support from family friends neighbors, formal support from those whose job is to provide help (usually paid but also formal volunteers) Q: why do some claim that formal displaces informal help: some claim formal displaces informal help because of how much it costs, helps justify attempts to limit funding for formal support. Definitions of social support & social networks vary difficulties in comparing results. Social support covers a range of help: emotional, instrumental (task helper), time, companionship, financial. Social support of older persons focuses on: emotional support, instrumental support, adl (activities of daily living needed for survival) Iadl (instrumental activities of daily living, enhance independence: size and composition of social networks. Many facets of social support = features of close relationships. Too often, support involving older persons redefined as caregiving".
