SOC334H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Metlife, Long-Term Care, Social Stigma
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Introduction: the structure of the family is changing, add that people live longer and more older people live alone than ever before, you might think families have abandoned their aging members. "hydraheaded myth" but not true: reality is that they keep contact with family, turn to them when they need it, provide support to family, help with child rearing, financial support, good advice. Independence but still intimate and committed partner: older women often choose this. "expectable life event: ends former identity, build a new one, some widowed women establish new relationships with a male partner, reorganize life and life alone, re-establish meaning, continue personal rituals, keep attachment to marital homes and possessions. Interaction with confidants (someone the widowed person can talk with and confide in) improved well-being especially for women during bereavement process: family and friends increase positive support, decrease negative interactions. Dating in later life: date for several reasons, marital partner, stay socially active.
