PSYCH-200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Social Isolation, Elder Abuse, Substance Abuse
8 Dec 2020
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Money taken out of pay check, and put into account. Problem: not enough young working to support retires. Social security not able to support people who retire. Problem: money not in bank account, invested, sometimes investments go belly up: making you lose it all. Self-identity: what you do for a living becomes a large part of defining yourself. Retire: hole in identity, find something else to fill hole new way to describe who they are. Social connectedness: co-workers friends, retire and they"re gone. Increase in number of great grandparents and great great grandparents. Grandparents more active physically/mentally; big part in grandparents role as they are very close with kids. Surrogate (custodial) grandparents are parents for grandkids. Legally responsible for grandkids or practical parents for grandkids (not legal) Issue with not legal: can only do certain things. Enroll child in school- can only enroll your own child. Grandparents should legally adopt but typically don"t. Grandparent because own child is unable to.
