Chapter 13: Social Support Flashcards
Social support
The help and assistance people give to one another
Formal support
Paid support from professional caregivers such as doctors, nurses, social workers, and homecare workers
Informal support
Unpaid support from family members, friends, neighbours, and others in the community
Task-specific model
Contends that different groups (of family, friends, neighbours) have different abilities and offer different types of support, each playing a specific role
Hierarchical compensatory model
Contends that people choose their supports first from their inner family circle and then move outward to get support from less-intimate people as they need more help
Functional specificity of relationships model
Contends that a family or friendship tie may provide one type of support or a broad range of support, depending on the particular relationship between the caregivers and the care receiver
Convey model of support
Describes social support as a network of close family and friends who travel together throughout life, exchanging social support and assistance
Informal caregivers
Unpaid care providers with a tie of kinship or affection toward the care receiver
Development stake or generational stake
The idea that, compared with their children, older people have a greater investment in the relationships with their children
Caregiver burden
Problems and stress due to caregiving
Quasi-widowhood
Experiencing feelings of grief, depression, and loss after a spouse is placed in a nursing home
Long-distance caregivers
Live a significant distance from the care recipient
Fictive kin
The close relationships that an older person develops with non-relative such as friends, neighbours, and homecare workers
