HLTHAGE 1BB3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Filial Piety, Concentric Objects, Family Values
2 Apr 2016
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Social support: the help and assistance that we give to and receive from others. Formal support: help given by professional caregivers, doctors, nurses and paid homecare services. Social policies favour a mix of formal and informal. Informal support: unpaid help given by family and friends. Life course capital or social capital amount of resources available to a person and changes over a lifetime and depends on person. Women provide most support, especially high intensity care: many women are working which increases stress etc . Family members act as geriatric case managers and advocates for gaps in the system. Size, quality, and proximity determine type and amount of care. Feel like burden on family (health and financial) Different groups offer different types and abilities of support (work together) People choose all types of support from their family first. Spouse, children, siblings, friends, neighbours and formal supports. People negotiate relationships and supports based on history of relationships.
