GERO 200 Lecture 13: GERO 200 Lecture 13 (2/13/17)
Document Summary
New behaviors, changes in self-concept, changing relationships. Culture, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic level, past family patterns. Marriages are more likely to last 50-60 years. Parents are more likely to survive to see their children become adults and their grandchildren grow up. Whole stages of life that were brief and rare in the past, such as the post-parental stage, are now long lasting. The family is a vital part of the older person"s life. Sibling relationships get stronger as we get older. Loss of a sibling more profound later in life. Character of the relationships tends to be similar through life, but becomes stronger in later life. Baby boomers have more living siblings than children. Sibling tie is less binding than marriage or parent/child, but is important. Siblings may become caregivers for one another, citing both affection and obligation. Gender, marital, and parental statuses and cultural patterns influence relationship closeness.
