The Current Development Of Grandparents

According to Stanhope and Lancaster (2008) “Each family is an unexplained mystery, unique in the ways it meets the needs of its members and society” (p. 550). Family nursing is a special field that involves the nurse and family working together to achieve progress for the family and its members in adjusting to transitions and responding to health and illness. The Friedman Family Assessment Model serves as a guide in family nursing to identify the developmental stage of the family, environmental data, family structure, composition, and functions as well as how the family manages stress and their coping mechanisms. From this data, three nursing diagnoses with interventions are developed.

Family Assessment The family chosen for this assignment are family friends who agreed to conduct the interview and discuss any health issues they had. Because some of the questions were fairly invasive into their private lives, no names are given. There are five members in the family, and they all participated in the interview. Questions are based on the eleven functional health patterns.

The problem explored in the article was stated as a problem statement. In this article, the authors explain about the stressful situations of families having loved ones

In this view, the healthcare provider may include the family in terms of socioeconomic and functional support, but really focus on the patient as an individual (p.36-37, 2003). Family as Sum of its Members sees each member of the family in the foreground and care is provided to all family members. (p.37, 2003). Family Subsystem looks at the significant relationships in the family; parent-child, marital interactions, caregiving issues, bonding-attachment concerns (p.37, 2003), where Family as Client looks further into family’s internal dynamics, relationships, structure and functions and its relationship with the outer environment (p.37, 2003).

Using this diagram approach qualifies health care providers to learn about the ways in which family members interact with one another. It shows relationships, cutoffs, and triangles. It’s also useful for showing patterns between the father, mother, children and replicas of the past generations with some repetitions. One thing I noticed within the genogram I constructed, is within the generation of the 1930’s, three of my grandparents passed away within years near each other. Of the grandparents passing away, three died from a type of cancer; while my sister is a cancer survivor. Another reoccurrence I gathered was during the generation of the 1950’s-1960’s, there were more females born than males on my mother side; while there were, more males born than females on my father side. I’ve seen similar resemblance in my generation (1990’s) to the 1960’s compared to my mother side of the family; there are more females than

Communication pattern among the family varies, depending on the situation. There are times when communication is clear and concise and there are times when emotions are heightened and tense, especially between D and V. V is the primary caregiver and primary keeper of the home. V and D do consult each other on issues that concern the children but V is the one who delivers the decision or message to the children. V and D both work and contribute financially to the family and household. D’s

The mother expressed that “our family loves each other and would be there for each other no matter what, but our household is chaotic”. During a crisis and stressful situations, stress is not handled well, consist of a lot of elevated speaking, but during a crisis such as a medical emergency, these times are handled well, and supported by other family members. The role/relationship pattern within the family consist of the mother works full time outside the home, and cooks the meals. The father is currently not working, and helps with the children. The family does not manage daily living very well at this time, due to some of the recent stressors expressed

Carole B. Cox explains the importance of focus to the needs and concerns of these grandparents that are increasingly growing and becoming more known and the lack of services that address this group’s unique strengths and abilities to cope with any and all problems that they may face while caring for their grandchildren such as: their own physical health, increase of depression and insomnia, economic costs, low incomes, discrimination already present due to history, communication within the family, behavioral problems, and legal and entitlement issues. A study was conducted to see if a program that focused on providing these grandparents with a way to become more empowered in their role as custodial parents in strengthening their parenting skills,

God created the traditional family because this is the way that works best for a family unit. A child needs both a mother and father to meet it’s emotional, mental and physical needs. Children should be able to rely on their parents for stability. Traditionally stable families are important because these family structures play a role in the security and emotional stability of the child.

The grandparents are faced with financial challenges and limited resources causing them to feel resentment towards their new role as “parent”. Children often go undisciplined not because of a lack of caring but from the huge age differences and energy level of the grandparent(s). The grandparent(s) seclusion from friends and social events can make many of them sink into depression causing further feelings of isolation by the child. Animosity among the grandparents other kids and grandchildren can cause further rife within the family unit.

After assessing the responses provided by the Mohr family, there are two wellness nursing diagnosis that would be beneficial to this family. The first would be readiness for enhanced family coping (Weber, 2005). Some defining characteristics for this nursing diagnosis include moving in the direction of enhancing their lifestyle and health promotion as well as choosing experiences that optimize wellness (NANDA, 2012). While the family values communication and the parents openly communicate with one another about issues facing the family, there is very little communicated to the children about what exactly is going on. Children are known to be extremely intuitive, and while they might not know the exact circumstances they are able to understand when something is not “right” at home or with a family member. The main intervention that would be helpful with this family would be to help the parents to provide concise information about the situation at hand and be aware of what the children may already know (NANDA, 2012). It is very important to always remain honest when giving information. Next, help the parents find ways for the children to teach their children anxiety reduction techniques (NANDA, 2012). Not only will these techniques help them when faced with serious issues at home, but they will also be beneficial in

My Grandmother goes by the name of babunya, and baba for short, this means grandma in Ukrainian. She lived in Ukraine for most of her life, and she is almost 90 years old now. She’s been through a lot in her years, thus her appearance has changed. For every wrinkle she has there’s a story to match. She has had every color hair: blonde, red, brown, and black. Now her hair is a short gray color. She keeps it short because it stays out of the way, even though she hates it short. She has always had long her until now. She has also progressively become shorter over the years due to a very bad back; she now stands just under five feet. Since she spends most of her days in the garden her usual outfit

demand increasingly independence and less restriction. On the same time, they cultivate new cognitions and expectations as getting more contact to the society. 15 For the alteration mentioned, the former balance is certainly to be broken. Then the whole family members are going to endeavor to learn from their experiences in their patterns of communication , made a decision if they should adopt or change the family models and form an adjustment of the family system in order to achieve new equilibrium. 16 During this deconstruction and reconstruction

each  family  member  and  the  problem  can  only  be  transformed  when  addressed  by  outside  members  of

“I had an amazing life. I had wonderful husband I loved more than anything else is the world. I had six beautiful children, who gave me nine grandchildren, and the strength I needed throughout my life. I have regrets; but everyone does. I believe my life was wonderful because everyday I pray for my family and thank God for what he has given me throughout the years. The good times, and the difficult ones – everything was a blessing.” Winnie, now 75 years old, believes she has been blessed everyday of her life. It sounded surprising after I interviewed her to hear how religious and optimistic she is about her life. You see, I knew her as my quirky grandmother – who used to crotchet dolls on top of soda bottles, or kiss a penny that