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Parenting and Caring
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Parenting and Caring
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Parenting
Biological Parents
- has provided genetic material to
create a foetus, usually through
sexual intercourse.
Social Implications
-: if a single woman chooses to use IVF, some of her family and friends may not support the decision due to religious beliefs, affecting her socioemotional wellbeing.
+: single women have the opportunity to possibly become a parent.
Legal Implications
- new IVF adoption law in 2008 allows people undergoing IVF to apply to adopt a child.
Reproductive Technologies
- IVF: assisted reproductive technique in which fertilisation is accomplished outside the body.
- Embryo Transfer: eggs have been collected and fertilised in lab. between one and three of the best quality embryos are chosen to be transferred to woman's womb.
- Artificial Insemination: inserting donor's prepared semen through the cervix to womb during ovulation.
Social Parents
- one who has parental
responsibilities for a child they
do not share a genetic
relationship with
Fostering
- provides an alternative living arrangement for children whose parents are temporarily unable to care for them in their family home.
- can last from a few days to a few years and includes: immediate and crisis care, respite care, short-medium care, long-term care, relative and kinship care.
- the birth parents have not given up their legal parental rights, and therefore have the final say in issues relating to the child.
- Child and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
Step-parenting
- when a man or woman who marries or forms a defacto relationship with a partner who has a child or children from a previous relationship.
- can occur due to divorce, separation, death, or other circumstances.
- a step parent does not have any legal rights over their step child, unless one of the child's biological parents has provided authorisation in writing.
- The Family Law Act 1975
Adoption
- the legal process where all legal rights and responsibilities are transferred from birth parents to adoptive parents.
- classified types: local adoption, permanent care, out-of-home care adoption, intercountry adoption, intrafamily adoption
- Adoption Act 2000, Family Law Act 1975
Surrogacy
- an arrangement between a couple who cannot have a baby and a woman who gets pregnant on behalf of a couple.
- traditional: a woman is pregnant with her own bio child but intends to hand it over to others. gestational: a woman has no genetic connection to the child and carries it until birth.
- a person cannot be paid to be a surrogate.
- to be the legal parents, the couple must adopt the child.
- Surrogacy Act 2010 (NSW)
Caring
a person who, formally or
informally, provides ongoing
personal care to a dependant
Primary
- a primary carer is a person who provides the most informal assistance, in terms of help or supervision, to a person with one or more disabilities who is aged 60 or over.
- more likely to be the partner of a dependant and their participation in the workforce was lower than that of a non-carer.
- young carers make up a significant number of carers across Australia: children and young people who care for and support a family member who has a long-term physical/mental illness, disability, or drug/alcohol problem.
Formal/Informal
- Formal: include trained professionals, who provide care through formal agencies or institutions and are paid for by the receiver.
- includes nurses, palliative care, childcare workers, primary and high school teachers.
- Informal: any person, such as a family member, friend, or neighbour, who gives regular, ongoing assistance to another person without payment.
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Preparations (COME)
Enhancing Knowledge
- prenatal and postnatal classes
- sources from reputable professionals
- counselling, self-help, and community
health agencies
- university degrees
Modifying Physical Environment
- moving to a larger house
- rails, ramps, non-slip floors
- prepare areas to store wheelchairs, walking frames, etc
- changing areas and safe-play areas
Changing Health Behaviours
- eat healthier, nutritious food
- drink 2+ litres of water a day
- 7-8 hours of sleep
- engaging in physical activity and assist the dependant in maintaining a healthy lifestyle
- engaging in relaxation techniques
Organising Finances
- budgeting and saving
- potential cost of other factors (CME)
- utilise and budget maternity pay and other supports
- investigate costs of raising a child