1. Social Relationships and Healthy Aging
Structural vs. functional
Life course variations
Gender issues
Sexual orientation
Ethnic variations
Risk of death
Survival
Emotional adjustment
Physical function
Health behavior

2. Social Support
Byproduct of interactions with family members, friends, peers, and health care providers that communicates information, esteem, aid, and emotional help. (Stewart,2000)
Benefits
Improve coping
Moderate impact of stressors
Promote health
Promote self-care

3. Function of Social Support
Specific
Stressor
Individual
Instrumental
Informational
Emotional
Affirmational

4. Levels of Support
Informal
Quasi-formal
Formal
Formal/Informal

5. Social Support Unidirectional/Bidirectional Role changes
Costs/Benefits
Use of services
Overload
Overprotection
Infantilization
Loss of support
Learned helplessness
Self esteem
Struggle for control

6. Care giving Use of term Spousal Health issues Intergenerational
Ethnic issues
Gender issues

7. Care giving Gender Issues
Men as care givers
Research
From secondary to primary
Sibling status
Proximity
Increased demands on women
Profile of elder
Profile of care giver

8. Impact of Care giving Personal/leisure time Personal privacy
Financial situation
Managing own household
Health
Sleep
Relationships

9. Elder Abuse Definition Abuse behavior Abused Abuser Recognition Types
Risk factors
Solutions

10. Caregiver Abuse Increasing emphasis on violence
Health risks of aging caregivers
Use of metaphors
Use of denial

11. Abuse ANTECEDENTS Stimulus Power struggle Differing rule systems
History of relationship
Expectations

12. Abuse ATTRIBUTES Conflict Intent Harm Physical Verbal Perceived Actual
Potential

13. Abuse CONSEQUENCES Quality of relationship Life Satisfaction
Image of elder