FAD-2230 Study Guide - Sandwich Generation, Walt Disney World
Document Summary
Improvements in nutrition and living conditions. o o: elderly women outnumber elderly men: there are 86 men for every 100 women ages 65 69, this disparity increases with age, most elderly men are married, more so than elderly men, elderly women (40%) are far more likely to live alone than elderly men (19%). Influences: housing costs, job opportunities, wages, employment. o: advantages: emotional and economic security, help with their own children, disadvantages: regression to previous parent child roles, problems with parenting/grandparenting, adult parent child relationships, strong connection, but parents feel more strongly connected to children than children to parents, parents of adult children may help with finances for expenses, housing, health care, daycare, and educational funds. Widowhood: death of a spouse is one of life"s most stressful events. Loss of companion/friend, income, and way of life: women are more likely to be widows than men: Wives are typically a few years younger than their husbands.
