Exam 7: Families in Middle and Later Life: Patterns and Dynamics of Living Longer, Aging Together

Social support for older parents is comprised of three main domains: ________

According to the United Nations Development Programme (2019), the average life expectancy in Canada is _______ years.

As digital technologies become more normalized in the caregiving context, men are likely to take up more supportive roles.

Men initiate about 60 per cent of divorces after age 40.

"________" is a characteristic of societies where the median age rises due to such factors as increasing life expectancy, declining birth rates, and low immigration. Societies are considered old when 14 per cent or more of the population is aged 65 years and older.

Mid-life brings with it many changes and pressures, especially for those who make up the so-called "sandwich generation." Identify some of these changes and pressures, and explain how they might affect the way people deal with the external and internal pressures imposed on them by their families.

The remarriage of two previously married adults in mid-to-later life often involves the blending of two families, referred to in the literature as a ________

According to Statistics Canada (2017), over one-third of young adults aged 20-34 years live with their parents.

Two key demographic trends are re-shaping family life in fundamental ways: People are having fewer children and full-time employability is declining.

Why is it taking longer for young adult children to leave the parental home to establish residential independence?

According to the United Nations Development Programme the average life expectancy in Canada is 73.0 years.

According to Statistics Canada (2017), by age 85, women will outnumber men by more than five to one.