final exam interpersonal

What do parental choices involve?

tradeoffs

Reframing

the ability to change your persepctive to recognize the positive aspects of the situation

ACEs

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Matressence

transition to motherhood

Transition to parenthood

time frame from beginning of pregnancy to few months after baby is born

Putrescence

transition to fatherhood

What has the divorce rate done since the 1980s

decreased

Anulment

legal decision that the marriage was never valid

Why has divorce rate decreased?

delaying marrriage till older and more college education

Chance of divorcing

4 and 10

Demogrpahic risks for divorce

low education, low income, young age at marriage, not first marriage

Macro factors for divorce

women starting to work outisde of the home, two incomes, industrialization

No-fault divorce laws

no longer have to prove grounds for divorce

Micro factors for divorce

grow apart, mental health problems, addiction, drop in + behaviors/ increase in - behaviors, infidelity

Healthy realtionship ratio

5:1 (five times as many positives to one negative)

young old

65-74

middle old

75-84

old-old

85+

centenarian

people who are 100 and older

Parental alientaion

1 parents persuades child to reject other parent

life expectancy

78.4

Age Discrimination in Employment Act

can't discriminate ppl 40 and older

ADLs

activity of daily living: dressing, bathing, and eating

IADLs

instrumental activities of daily living: cooking, paying bills, buying groceries

Hospice

provide comfort care and pain mangemnent to terminally ill, hospice is a phioosphy not a place

Physician-Assisted Suicide

doctor does NOT admin the drug

Euthanasia

is intentionally causing the death of a person, the motive being to benefit that person, honor his/her wishes, or protect him/her from further suffering. If the motive is other than the interests of the patient, then it does not qualify as euthanasia

Globally where do older adults live?

with family

In the U.S where do older adults live?

alone or with spouse/partner

Average number of gradchildren

4-5

Average age of 1st time grandparent

50