Learning Objectives

Following the completion of this chapter, students will be able to:

1. Discuss the nature of the extended-family household.
2. Describe the typical relationship between young adults and their middle-aged parents.
3. List and describe the six relationship patterns demonstrated by young adults and their parents as explained by Frank, Aery, and Laman (1988).
4. Identify and describe typical patterns of interaction between middle-aged children and their elderly parents. Explain patterns of help demonstrated by each.
5. Compare and contrast siblings' relationships in middle age and late life.
6. Discuss the characteristics of multigenerational late-life families.
7. List and describe the multiple roles filled by grandparents and great-grandparents.
8. Explain how gender, racial differences, divorce, and remarriage influence grandparent and great-grandparent roles.
9. Discuss the trends in grandparents' and great-grandparents' provision of kinship care.
10. Describe current trends in refilling the empty-nest and explain the pros and cons to having adult children at home.
11. List and describe characteristic residential options used by older adults.
12. Define caregiving and explain how care is provided to the majority of adults requiring long-term care.
13. Define caregiver burnout and discuss the burden of caring for older family members experienced by adult children.
14. Describe intervention strategies that may be useful in stress reduction for caregivers of aging adults.
15. Describe the patterns of care provided to old-old adults from an international perspective.