HLTHAGE 1BB3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Married People, Holding Hands, Monogamy
10 Jun 2016
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Research shows that older people keep in contact with their families, they turn to family members for help when they need it, and they themselves provide support for family members. Life course perspective shows how events that occur early in life affect roles and relationships later on in life sees family life as scene of both stability and change. Nearly all canadians will marry at least once in their lifetime. Men are more likely than women to be married in later life older women are more likely to be widowed. Advantages of marriage for older adults: older married couples tend to have more financial resources than older unmarried people, older married people report higher life satisfaction, greater well-being, and greater happiness than older unmarried people. Older women who still work but have retired spouse report lower marital satisfaction than couples whose counterparts are both retired a. Unmarried men face greater risk of poor midlife physical function.
