Week 10

Question 1

T/F: social participation are considered as those for direct financial reasons such as going to work or school

Answer 1

F

Question 2

1. What are some social participation opportunities for older people?
2. What does it depend on?
3. What are social actors?

Answer 2

1. volunteerism, political, religious, cultural
2. depends on the availability and quality of social networks
3. social actors = individuals, organizations, other entities and the social relationships that connect them to each other in a larger structure

Question 3

What is the personal resource model?

Answer 3

conceptualizes lifestyle including social participation
- says that all people need specific personal resources to thrive like social familial resources

Question 4

What would limit an older persons opportunity to be in social participation?

Answer 4

• individual level health
• decline in financial resources
• transportation issues
• lack of partner or friend
• social level

Question 5

what are some social level issues for social participation?

Answer 5

lack of programs –> not enough information
discouraging culture/negative stereotypes –> ex: older people who go to bars don’t behave according to their age
unfavourable public transit, built environment and unsafe neighbourhoods

Question 6

1. What is social support and why is support important in participation?
2. what are some sources of support?
3. T/F: childless seniors tend to be poorer

Answer 6

1. Social support = help and assistance we give and receive from others
   - support is mutual
   - crucial for health
   - allows them to have a network of people to turn to
2. children, family and friends
3. F.

Question 7

1. Formal care is (paid/unpaid). informal care is (paid/unpaid)
2. Level of informal care relates to the _________ within the social network and depends on _____, _______ and _________
3. formal care is part of the _________ system. What is it?
4. The level and type of received care either formal or informal depends on what 2 factors?
   a) built environment and social network
   b) age and gender
   c) age and health status
   d) health status and financial status
   e) built environment and health status

Answer 7

1. paid. unpaid
2. resources, size, quality, proximity
3. healthcare. Care from doctors, nurses and social workers
4. c) age and health status

Question 8

1. what is size, quality and proximity in relation to social network?
2. what is social capital?

Answer 8

1. size = number of people in network
   quality = level of emotional attachment, time commitment
   proximity = how close are these supports
2. social capital = amount of available social support which depends on age and health status

Question 9

T/F: seniors receive less formal care as they age due to increasing social networks?

T/F: seniors with poorer health receive more care regardless of age

T/F: seniors satisfied with their social networks will receive less informal care

Answer 9

F. more formal care due to decreasing social networks

T.

F. more informal care

Question 10

T/F: as of 2012, the percentage of men in informal care was less than women

Answer 10

F. more than women

Question 11

What are some issues with informal care?

Answer 11

1. policies are not based on realities: not enough caregivers are available, some older people are hesitant to ask for informal care
2. limited governmental support
3. burden
4. abuse

Question 12

Answer based on burden of informal care
1. about ___ million Canadians give care to a senior
2. Which gender gives more care?
3. T/F: informal care continues after moving to a long term care and can cause more stress and burden
4. what are some economic impacts of giving informal care
5. What are some non-economic impacts of giving informal care?

Answer 12

1. 3
2. female
3. T.
4. extra expenses, postponed education, declined promotion, missed dates of work, reduced hours of work
5. affects social activities, changed holidays, less time with spouse or children, affects health

Question 13

1. T/F: women suffer more from giving informal care
2. what is the most common economic impact of giving informal care. What is the most non-economic impact?

Answer 13

1. T
2. economic = extra expenses
   non-economic = affects social activities

Question 14

1. What is elder abuse?
2. what gender is affected more?
3. who are the perpetrators?
4. T/F: elder abuse is always reported and the data is high quality

Answer 14

1. elder abuse is any action or inaction by any person that causes harm to an older person
2. women
3. family, strangers, health care workers
4. F.

Question 15

1. What are risk factors of elder abuse?
2. elder abuse is an intersection of structured ______ and _______
3. T/F: current theories are unable to explain elder abuse adequately
4. What has changed the discourse of elder abuse?

Answer 15

1. unresolved conflicts, financial/personal dependence, burden, it is a crime
2. sexism and ageism
3. T.
4. women’s movement and critical analysis of family

Question 16

What are the 4 models for informal support?

Answer 16

1. task specificity model
2. hierarchal compensatory model
3. functional specificity of relationships model
4. convoy model

Question 17

Task specificity model

Answer 17

• diff groups (family, friends, neighbours) have diff abilities and other different types of support
• each group plays a specific role in supporting the older person

Question 18

hierarchal compensatory model

Answer 18

• people choose support first from their inner family circle, then move outward to support from less intimate people when they need more help
• family and friends provide most support for people at home

Question 19

functional specificity of relationships model

Answer 19

• contends that a family/friendship may provide one type of support or a broad range of support, depending on the particular relationship between the caregiver and the care receiver
• Gender, marital status, parenthood and proximity of helpers all influence the amount and type of support a person will get

Question 20

convoy model

Answer 20

• Describes social support as a network of close family and friends who travel together throughout life, exchanging social support and assistance
• Nature of this convoy can grow and change over time with changing life circumstances

Question 21

What is developmental or generational stake? What does it focus on?

Answer 21

idea that compared with their children, older people have a greater investment in the relationship with their children. Focuses on how the generations provide support for one another and how this leads to solidarity. Focuses on conflict and estrangement between parents and adult children

Question 22

What is quasi widowhood?

Answer 22

experiencing feelings of grief, depressions and loss after a spouse is placed in a nursing home

Question 23

_________ changes decrease the amount of informal support older people will get in the future

Answer 23

demographic

Question 24

T/F: Women face victimization from strangers
T/F: Men face more incidences of family violence

Answer 24

F.
F.

Question 25

Why has interest in abuse and neglect increased?

Answer 25

• older pop has increased
• older people have more political power
• women’s movement and critical analysis of the family
• states willingness to intervene

Question 26

T/F informal supports will increase in the future. Why or why not?

Answer 26

F. they will decrease in the future. Because smaller families for baby boomers

Question 27

What is fictive kin?

Answer 27

the close relationships that an older person develops with non-relatives such as friends, neighbours, and home care givers

Question 28

What is cohort attrition?

Answer 28

Attrition due to the death and decline in the health of participants can cause particular problems in cohort studies of older people.