SOC334H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Filial Piety, Nuclear Family, Milion
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People negotiate their relationships and support based in part on the history of their relationship: convoy model of support: dynamic network of close ties with family and friends. Other sources of informal support: friends, siblings, pets, technology. Internet to provide strategies for manage stress support one another: 25% of caregivers used internet to get information on condition, services or healthcare facilities. Lost physical presence of spouse, emotional support, and companionship of partner: wives visited out of love, devotion, duty, active visitors try to hold onto former relationship with their spouse. Feel guilt they have abandoned care receiver may delay use of respite services, or not use enough respite. Interventions help caregivers know more about caregiving: they can help caregivers cope with everyday demands of care, give caregivers social and emotional support. Elder abuse and mistreatment: physical, psychosocial, financial, neglect, institutional, and domestic abuse, most abuse comes from family members.
