scholarly journals Senior Citizens and Their Roles in Family and Household

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
S. M. Ayoob
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Role Taking ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family And Household

The family is considered as the most important and outstanding primary group in the society. The extended family type is diminishing in the modern era due to multiple and unavoidable reasons. However in some countries, people give their support to preserve extended family system at least keeping their senior citizens in the same household. Senior citizens also play active roles by supporting the family members in numerous ways. This study was conducted to identify the living arrangements, roles played by the senior citizens in family and household and the reasons behind the active role taking behavior among senior citizens. Out of 20 Divisional Secretariat Divisions in Ampara district, 08 Divisional Secretariat Divisions where Muslims predominantly live have been selected as the study area using simple random sampling method. The sample size is 392. The primary data was collected from key informant interviews, case studies and focus group discussions. The study highlighted that 95% of the senior citizens in the study area are living with their family members. Maintaining household activities, guiding the family members, providing counselling, providing security, socialization, mediating, providing monetary support and mobile role are the major roles played by senior citizens. The reasons for this active role taking behaviour are physical fitness and healthy lifestyle of senior citizens, disaster situation, economic condition, loneliness and isolation, lack of organizational structure and social recognition in study area. Beyond their old age, the contribution of senior citizens to the family is immeasurable.

scholarly journals Study of Mental Health Status of the Family Members of Disappeared Persons of Kashmir

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhail Ahmad Bhat ◽  
Dr. Shawkat Ahmad Shah
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Emotional Control ◽  
Normal Person ◽  
Frequency Method ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Family ◽  
Anxiety Depression

While trying to portray the picture of mayhem and woes of family members of those who disappeared, it fails to fully convey the agony of the survivors. Their emotions are so intense that a normal person can hardly help his emotional shutters. Even a single experience with a family member of a disappeared person makes one to ponder that how unbearable it is to be a mother, father, wife or son of disappeared person. Their search for the disappeared family member along with hardships of daily life, social stigmas, economic and educational needs have left their mental health par below average level. One finds the words of depression, stress, anxiety, sleeplessness and melancholy in their everyday lexicon. With such a despondent picture of family members of disappeared persons in mind, the present attempt was made to study the nature of their mental health. To achieve this objective, data was collected from 217 family members of disappeared persons of Kashmir. The frequency method and t-test were used to obtain the results. The results of the study showed that majority of the family members scored high in negative dimensions of mental health namely, anxiety, depression and loss of behavioral and emotional control and low in positive dimensions of mental health namely, general positive affect, emotional ties and life satisfaction. A significant difference was found in mental health on the basis of gender, age and family type.

This Seed Will Bear No Fruit

2019 ◽  
pp. 262-283
Author(s):  
Friday A. Eboiyehi
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Family System ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Western World ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Old People's Homes

The continuous increase in the number of older people and the gradual erosion of the extended family system which used to cater to them are alarming. While older people in much of the developed countries have embraced old people's homes as an alternative, the same cannot be said of older people in Nigeria who still believed that it is the duty of the family to accommodate them. The chapter examined the perception of older people about living in old people's home in some selected local government areas in Osun State, Nigeria. The study showed that their perception about living in old people's home was poor as many of them still held on to the belief that it was the responsibility of their family members to house them as it was done in the olden days. Although a few of the interviewees (particularly those who are exposed to what is obtained in the Western world and those with some level of education) had accepted the idea, many preferred to live with their family rather than being dumped in “an isolated environment,” where they would not have access to their family members. Pragmatic policy options aimed at addressing this emerging social problem were highlighted.

scholarly journals MELAS: A Multigenerational Impact of the MTTL1 A3243G MELAS Mutation

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Prasad ◽  
B. Narayan ◽  
A.N. Prasad ◽  
C.A. Rupar ◽  
S. Levin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Inheritance ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Radiological Findings ◽  
Laboratory Findings ◽  
Clinical Presentations ◽  
The Family ◽  
Generation Family ◽  
Pathological Material

Background:the maternally inherited MTTL1 A3243G mutation in the mitochondrial genome causes MelaS (Mitochondrial encephalopathy lactic acidosis with Stroke-like episodes), a condition that is multisystemic but affects primarily the nervous system. Significant intra-familial variation in phenotype and severity of disease is well recognized.Methods:retrospective and ongoing study of an extended family carrying the MTTL1 A3243G mutation with multiple symptomatic individuals. tissue heteroplasmy is reviewed based on the clinical presentations, imaging studies, laboratory findings in affected individuals and pathological material obtained at autopsy in two of the family members.Results:there were seven affected individuals out of thirteen members in this three generation family who each carried the MTTL1 A3243G mutation. the clinical presentations were varied with symptoms ranging from hearing loss, migraines, dementia, seizures, diabetes, visual manifestations, and stroke like episodes. three of the family members are deceased from MelaS or to complications related to MelaS.Conclusions:the results of the clinical, pathological and radiological findings in this family provide strong support to the current concepts of maternal inheritance, tissue heteroplasmy and molecular pathogenesis in MelaS. neurologists (both adult and paediatric) are the most likely to encounter patients with MelaS in their practice. genetic counselling is complex in view of maternal inheritance and heteroplasmy. newer therapeutic options such as arginine are being used for acute and preventative management of stroke like episodes.

Patrilocality and Early Marital Co-residence in Rural China, 1955–85

1992 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 378-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Lavely ◽  
Xinhua Ren
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Family Household ◽  
Family Economy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Extended Households

The story of the rural Chinese family household in the post-Mao period is generally told in one of three ways, which might be labelled modernization, tradition restored, and demographic determinism. Modernization parallels the family theories of classical sociology: economic development and education tend to undermine extended family living arrangements by instilling nuclear family preferences, while the relaxation of migration restrictions allows young men to seek their fortune away from home. “Tradition restored” sees collectivization as having undermined the foundation of the extended family household, the family economy. The return of family farming has, in this view, restored the conditions under which the extended family can flourish. The demographic determinisi view assumes that family preferences persist but that demographic structures change. Rising life expectancies and declining fertility should increase rates of family extension, since smaller families mean that there will be fewer brothers available to live with a surviving parent. Thus as the birth control cohorts come of age, the prevalence of extended households should increase.

scholarly journals FAMILIA MULTIESPECIE EN COLOMBIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
LIZETH RODRIGUEZ ◽  
◽  
YULLY VASQUEZ
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Subject

This article aims to raise awareness of the concept of pet within the context of multispecies families, where we will talk about the recognition of pets as family members, a new typology that has generated many controversies and has been the subject of study since many dimensions. However, this research will be analyzed from the perspectives of plurality and affectivity, due to the active role of the pet within the family that by having specific and distinctive functions generates affinity ties between its members. Accordingly, it is essential to conclude whether or not pets are part of the family, which can be determined by defining the terms of kinship and lineage; since this terminology has a different significance.

Marital Functioning and Parenting in Extended Family Living Arrangements: A Qualitative Study in Family Buildings

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merve Adli Isleyen
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Couple Relationship ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Marital Functioning ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Building ◽  
And Gender

In this study, relational and parenting experiences of living in a family building (FB) is interrogated through the experiences of couples. Seven married couples who had at least one child and have been living in family buildings at least for a year were selected for the present study. The participants’ mean age was 41, ranging from 30-46, and their average marriage length was 19, varying between 9 and 34. The semi-structured interviews, which took approximately an hour, were held at the participants’ apartments and conducted individually with partners. The participants expressed their living experiences in the family building, its effect on their general life, couple relationship, parenting practices and their boundary negotiations. Thematic analysis was carried out and the analysis of the interviews revealed four main themes: FB as a Network of Support and Safety, Roles and Rules of Conduct in the FB, Interference in the FB and Boundary Negotiations in the FB. The overall results of this study demonstrated that the participants’ experiences were shaped by the structure of the family building and gender, and that the participants exerted and manifested their agency according to the characteristics and the context of the FB. The results provided useful information for clinicians who work with clients, living in FBs or interdependent families. The findings are discussed in the context of the existing literature, and limitations and suggestions for further studies are presented.

Family, Loss, and Change

2018 ◽  
pp. 221-232
Author(s):  
Katherine R. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Relationship Dissolution ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Loss ◽  
Legal Marriage

Same-sex relationship dissolution has reverberations for individuals beyond the nuclear family. This chapter discusses a lesbian-parent family, consisting of two moms and two kids—when it broke up nearly two decades ago, many other family members, including the donor and his husband, were deeply affected. This chapter reflects on this experience from the author’s perspective of a family scholar and an activist for LGBTQ family rights. In the absence of legal marriage and thus legal divorce, family lives turned out in ways that even the most careful, deliberate efforts could not anticipate nor protect. The experiences described highlight many losses and regrets, despite the intentional love and concern for all of the parents, children, and extended family members involved. These reflections on this experience are intended to honor the family as it once was and the families they have become.

scholarly journals The implementation of elder-care in France and Sweden: a macro and micro perspective

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
INGRID JÖNSSON ◽  
ANNE-MARIE DAUNE-RICHARD ◽  
SOPHIE ODENA ◽  
MAGNUS RING
Keyword(s):  
Older Persons ◽  
Elder Care ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
The Family

ABSTRACTThis paper presents results from a comparative project on the implementation of elder-care in France and Sweden. The transition to requiring care is understood as a process, and elder-care is seen as a part of a more general organisation of social care that reflects different welfare traditions. An overview of elder-care on the institutional level in the two countries is supplemented by case studies from the perspective of older people which identify ways of co-operation between actors, such as public eldercare providers, family members and help provided by profit and non-profit organisations. The interviews include approximately 20 older persons in each country as well as a small number of administrators and adult children. The study sheds light on how policies are implemented on the local level and puts the focus on who actually does what and when for older persons with care needs. The different roles played by the state, the family, the market and civil society are examined. Family members in France take on a more active role both as co-ordinators of care and as actual caregivers. The study shows that gender and social class remain associated with caring but that such differences are much larger in France than in Sweden.

The Family, Household, and Minor Lineage of the Konkomba

Africa ◽  
1956 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-249
Author(s):  
David Tait
Keyword(s):  
Extended Family ◽  
Household Head ◽  
Total Group ◽  
Family Household ◽  
The People ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Family ◽  
Living Together ◽  
Family And Household ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphThis paper first seeks to show how far the actual forms of the Konkomba family and household coincide with their forms as conceived by the people themselves. The second part (which will appear in a later number of this journal) analyses some of the functions of these units of organization. By function, I mean the relation of the household to certain aspects of Konkomba life: namely, the household as a unit of production and consumption, as a unit of social control, as a ritual unit, and so on. The term ‘household’ refers to the total group of persons living together in one compound (letʃeni), which is a cluster of round houses distributed about a central space and linked by a low wall (see Fig. I). The head of a household (letʃendaa) is the senior man, the husband and the father of the family that is the nucleus of the household. This may be an elementary or a polygynous family; or it may be an expanded family consisting of a number of brothers and their wives, sons, and unmarried daughters; or it may be an extended family, consisting of a man, his wives, their sons, sons' wives and children, and their unmarried daughters. To this nucleus other kin are added and it will be shown that these additional members are always either members of the minor lineage group of the household head or wives or widows of members.

The Comforter: Providing Personal Advice and Emotional Support to Generations in the Family

1987 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn J. Rosenthal
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Social Correlates ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Personal Advice ◽  
Intergenerational Families

ABSTRACTThis paper presents a novel conceptualization of emotional support in intergenerational families. In a stratified random sample of 458 adults in Hamilton, Ontario, over half the respondents said that there was currently, or had been in the past, a person in their family to whom other family members turned for emotional support and personal advice. In the paper, this person is referred to as the “comforter.” Many people also identified the person who provided emotional support prior to the present comforter. On the basis of the data, a “position” of family comforter is inferred. The paper investigates the social correlates of the position, the type of activities associated with being the family comforter, and the pattern of succession as different generations in the family move in and out of the position. The paper demonstrates the family provision of emotional support at the level of the extended family. It is shown that occupancy, activities and succession of the comforter position are patterned by gender. Further, the data suggest that people seek emotional support from a generational peer.

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