CARE OF MOTHER, CHILD, AND FAMILY

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CARE OF MOTHER, CHILD, AND FAMILY
3. private adoption - direct communication with the
MODERN FAMILY parents without any agency

“Family is a number of persons joined together by bonds of 4. open adoption - open communication between the
marriage, blood, or adoption” - Burges 1993 adoptive family and parent

“A family is when two or more if individual joined together by C. Alternative Family Forms
bonds of sharing of emotional closeness, who identify
themselves as part of the family” - friedmann 1. Homosexual Family
○ Gay or lesbian family
FAMILY HEALTH NURSING ○ homosexual union for companionship,
financial, security, and sexual fulfillment
level of community health nursing practice directed or ○ marital partners
focused on the family as a unit of core. Health is a goal and 2. Foster Family
nursing is the medium, channel or provider of care ○ children whose parents can no longer care
for them placed in a foster/ substitute
THE FILIPINO FAMILY home by a child protection agency
○ foster parents may or may not have their
Section 1. the state recognizes the filipino family as the own children
foundation of the nation, Accordingly, it shall strengthen its 3. Single Parent Family
solidarity and actively promote its total development ○ single father or mother, widowed
Section 2. Marriage as an inviolable social institution is the 4. Compound Family
foundation of the family and shall be protected by the state. ○ one man or woman with several spouses
Section 3. The state shall defend: 5. Cohabitation Family
a. The right of spouses to found a family in ○ unmarried
accordance with their religious convictions and the ○ composed of heterosexual couple who live
demands of responsible parenthood; together like a nuclear family
b. The right of children to assistance, including proper ○ usually temporary
care and nutrition, and special protection from all 6. Command Family
forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation and ○ different family with similarities who chose
other conditions prejudicial to their development; to live together
c. The right of the family to a family living wage and ○ more than 1 monogamous couple with
income; and children
d. The right of families or family associations to
participate in the planning and implementation of NEW FAMILY STRUCTURES
policies and programs that affect them.
Section 4. The family has the duty to care for its elderly A. Boomerang Generation
members but the State may also do so through just ○ young adults returning home to live with their family
programs of social security. after college or a failed relationship until they can
afford their own apartment or find a new live in
TYPES OF FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY partner
B. Sandwich Family
A. Based on internal organization and structure ○ family that is squeezed between taking care of a
returning young adult and aging parents at the
1. Nuclear Family same time
○ traditional C. Grandparents as parent Family
○ 2 parents (adopted or biological children) D. According to the purpose of assessing families in
○ cereal packet family maternal and child health nursing
○ 2 generation family ○ Family of orientation - born to
2. Extended Family ○ Family of Procreation - established
○ multigenerational E. Based on authority
○ members reside together
3. Binuclear Family
○ blended Patriarenal oldest male has more authority
○ extended family consisting of 2 or more
separate household for separated partners Matriarchal oldest female has more authority
with children
4. Step Family Egalitarian equal amount of authority
○ remarriage or widowed person with
children Matricentric mother decides in the absence of father
5. Dyad Family
○ childless, husband and wife only without Patricentric father decides in the absence of father
children
Democratic everybody is involved in decision
B. Adoptive Family making

1. Agency adoption Autocratic decision is final whoever does the

2. international adoption decision
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○ providing none environment conductive to good
Laissez-Faire full autonomy, free, little to no health and personal development
communication ○ utilizing community resources for health

F. Based on residence
E. Family Developmental Tasks
1. Patrilocal- live near the male parents
2. Matrilocal- live near the female parents ○ physical maintenance
3. Bilocal- change their residence alternatively ○ socialization of family members
4. Neolocal - live separately from parents ○ allocation of resources
5. Avunculocal- live with a relative ○ maintenance of order
○ division of labor
G. Based on Descent ○ reproduction, recruitment and release of family
members
1. Patrilineal - the culture, lineage is more on the ○ placement of members into the larger society
father side ○ maintenance of motivation and morale
2. Matrilineal- the culture, lineage is more on the
mother side STAGES OF FAMILY (DUVALL & MILLER, 1990)
3. Bilineal- both mother and father
STAGE STAGE TASKS
FUNCTION AND FAMILY ROLES
Stage 1: from the time of - establish mutually
A. Family Function
Marriage and marriage until satisfying
the family birth of first child relationship
1. Physical
- learn to relate well
○ parents responsible in providing food, clothing,
to their families of
shelter, and protection against danger provision for
orientation
bodily repairs after fatigue or illness
- applicable, engage
2. Health care function
in reproductive life
○ give encouragement and surroundings necessary
planning
for illness prevention, healthy living
3. Reproductive
Stage 2: birth id the first - having & adjusting
○ recreate society biologically and socially this is
the early child child and to infant
done through procreation and socialization,
bearing family continuous until - supporting all
respectfully
1st born is in needs of the family
4. Affective
preschool members
○ primary unit in which the child test his emotional
- Regenerating
reactions
marital relationship
5. Socialization
○ providing social togetherness, fostering self esteem
and personal identity tied to family identity, Stage 3: The first child is - Coping with
providing opportunity for observing and learning family with between 1½ parental loss of
social and sexual roles preschool years and 5 energy and privacy
6. Economic children years old - adapting to needs
○ shown by how it provides material needs for its of preschool to
members as well as how it consumes food stimulate growth
and development
B. Family Dynamics
Stage 4: Family first child is - Adjusting to the
○ Negotiations with school- between 6-12 activity of growing
○ channels age children y/o children
○ communication - promoting joint
○ socialization decisions b/w
○ problem solving children and parents
○ boundaries - encouraging and
○ family values and attitudes supporting children's
educational
C. Universal Characteristics of Family achievements

○ a family is a small social system Stage 5: Family first child turns - maintaining open
○ performs certain basic functions with adolescent 13 until first communication
○ has structure children child departs among members
○ jas its own cultural values and rules from home - supporting ethical
○ moves through stages in its life cycle and moral values
within family
D. Characteristics of a healthy nursing - strengthening
marital relationships
○ recognizing signs of health and development
○ managing health and non health crisis Stage 6: The first child having - releasing young
○ providing healthcare to its member launching as a young adult adult with
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center family until the last appropriate ritual
child leaves and assistance
home - maintaining
supportive home
base

Stage 7: The departure of last - preparing for

family of middle child from home retirement
years (empty nest) - maintaining ties
and continuous with older and
through younger generations
retirement

Stage 8: The retirement and - adjusting to

family in ends with death retirement
retirement or of both parents - adjusting to loss of
older age spouse
- closing family
house