HDFS 3319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Dementia, Old Age, Family Therapy

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Physical and mental illness: characteristics of physical and mental illness, type of illness, amount of time since diagnosis or illness phase, life course timing of illness onset. Illness uncertainty: projected duration of illness, theoretical model to examine stressors and resilience. Integrated family resilience model, abc-x model, vulnerability-stress adaptation model: adaptive processes include, family members perceptions of health stressors, family"s use of resources. It could be examined by exploring enduring characteristics that lead to more positive family relationships and/or health outcomes: ex: cohesion may help a family adapt more successfully to certain stressors. It could be identified in successful adaptive processes including an individual"s or family"s optimistic perceptions, helping coping activities, and new resources that assist with family coping. It could also be assessed by exploring various physical, psychological, and family relationship outcomes: physical/mental illness and stress (child, health stressors, heightened normal family stressors when child has chronic illness.

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