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Ecological Issues in the Aging Family: Intervention Implications & the Family Support Cycle

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 1983

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The basic argument in this paper is that the older family, as it faces certain recurrent issues in family life and as it faces unique issues of its own aging, is placed in a highly vulnerable position. The result may be a weakening of the family's competence and an increased likelihood of family breakdown. Special attention is given to the natural changes in family dynamics as the family ages. It is argued that specific interventions aimed at promoting family competence must account for these unique features of older family life.

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L'affirmation principale de cet article est la suivante: la famille qui veillit, face à certains problèmes récurrents de la vie familiale et au problème spécifique de son veillissement, se trouve dans une situation hautement vulnérable. Le résultat de cette situation pourrait être un affaiblissement des compétences de la famille et un accroissement de la probabilité d'un effondrement familial. On accorde une attentîon spéciale aux changements naturels de la dynamique familiale au moment où la famille veillit. On prétend que les interventions destinées à promouvoir les compétences familiales doivent tenir compte de ces caractéristiques spécifiques de la famille veillissante.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 2Number 2September 1983
Pages: 7 - 20

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Version of record online: 23 April 2009

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Joseph A. Kuypers
University of Manitoba
Vern L. Bengtson
University of Southern California

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