FAMILY DYNAMICS AND CULTURE CONCEPTS

FAMILY DYNAMICS AND CULTURE CONCEPTS Lecture Exemplars and Topics • Family Structure & Expanding Family • Chronic Illness of a family member & Death and Dying practices • Culture: Hispanic & Muslim & Asian Indian • Complimentary / Alternative Therapies: Prayer and Pet Therapy • Recognize the relationships among family structure, family roles, family functions and culture • Identify family developmental tasks throughout the life span • Describe characteristics of health family functioning • Describe the role of the nurse in family assessment • Identify impact of chronic illness on a family and death and dying practices • Recognize role of CAM cultural influences on individual and family and health Learning Objectives Definition Family dynamics is defined as • Interrelationships between and among individual family members OR • The forces at work within a family that produce particular behaviors or symptoms The aging population is going to increase the need for family caregivers as functional abilities decline. More older adults are now the primary guardian for their grandchildren. The fastest growing population of homeless persons are families with children. Current Trends What does an image of family look like to you? • For some, an idea of family is children and their biological parents. • For some, it is happy, for others it is dysfunctionality. • For some, it is neither of those. • Families look different to each of us. .................................................continued..............................................