Chapter nine of the textbook titled “The Importance of Social Supports: Family, Friends, Neighbors, and Communities” main themes includes that older adults are not lonely and isolated from family and friends that many people might think. Positive relationships with others are crucial for older adults’ physical and mental well-being, cognitive function, feeling of personal control, etc. Having support is so important that older adults with limited social support were 3.6 times more likely to die within the next five years compared to older adults’ with a lot of support. Having social support can help you with stressful life events, such as illness, retirement, or widowhood. Family is the primary source of support for older adults. As we
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They are more committed to relationships with younger generations. Younger generations place a higher value on establishing independence or freedom y form older generations. As a result, they often view their relationship with their grandparents not as highly. There has been a growth of grandparents who are the sole caregivers for grandchildren, because their adult children are unwilling or unable to provide care. Financial motivation is not the reason why grandparents decide to be the primary caregiver to their grandchildren. The number one reason why grandparents are caregiving is because the parents of the children are experiencing drug or alcohol abuse, HIV/AIDS, unemployment, divorce, incarceration, teen pregnancy, death, and issues of safety. Being the caregiver can bring about a lot of stress and depression that can be difficult to handle. A very stressful time for grandparents who are caregivers to their grandchildren is when they are adolescences and preteens. Besides stress and depression, they are more likely to live poverty if grandparents are the primary caregivers for their grandchildren. This is because they may have already retired and are on a limited income or they may have to give up their job to tend to their grandchildren. Grandparents who are caregivers tend to avoid seeking care for themselves and rate their health as being
They are more committed to relationships with younger generations. Younger generations place a higher value on establishing independence or freedom y form older generations. As a result, they often view their relationship with their grandparents not as highly. There has been a growth of grandparents who are the sole caregivers for grandchildren, because their adult children are unwilling or unable to provide care. Financial motivation is not the reason why grandparents decide to be the primary caregiver to their grandchildren. The number one reason why grandparents are caregiving is because the parents of the children are experiencing drug or alcohol abuse, HIV/AIDS, unemployment, divorce, incarceration, teen pregnancy, death, and issues of safety. Being the caregiver can bring about a lot of stress and depression that can be difficult to handle. A very stressful time for grandparents who are caregivers to their grandchildren is when they are adolescences and preteens. Besides stress and depression, they are more likely to live poverty if grandparents are the primary caregivers for their grandchildren. This is because they may have already retired and are on a limited income or they may have to give up their job to tend to their grandchildren. Grandparents who are caregivers tend to avoid seeking care for themselves and rate their health as being