FAMILY STRUCTURE

According to Structure:
Unilaterally extended

According to Naming:
Patronymic

According to Residence:
Patrilocal
According to Authority:
Patriarchal

 According to Family Set up:

Authoritarian
According to Stage of Family:
Launching Family

BASIC AREAS OF FAMILY

FUNCTION

1.Biologic
The patient's father makes sure that everyone in the household
is well taken cared. He provides their everyday needs. He also
makes sure that Mae gets to take her medications. He also brings
Alex to school and back home.
2. Economic
He is the sole provider of his family. He works as a part time
carpenter where he earns about P500 a day. Annalyn, Mae's older
sister who works in Qatar, sends money every month, amounting to
about P5000.
3. Educational
He is an undergraduate of Architecture. Mae does not have
formal education and Alex is currently in second grade in
Elementary. Aicel is not yet in school.

4. Psychologic /Affection
The Dalisay family is very accommodating. They welcomed us
to their home and to see their living condition. He has been
cooperative and open minded as to the management of her
daughter's condition.
5. Socio-cultural
The family is in good relations with their neighbors especially
since they are in one street as with his other family members. There
are no present family issues that may lead to disturbance of peace
in the community.

FAMILY LIFE CYCLE

FAMILY LIFE CYCLE

Family Life
Cycle
Stage

Launching
Family

Emotional
process of
Transition

Accepting a
multitude of
entry and
exits into
the family
system

Second
Order
Changes
1.Dealing
with
disabilities,
death of a
family
member
and
imprisonme
nt of the
sibling
2.
Realignment
of
relationship
to include
grandchildre
n

First Order
Changes

Problems
Encounter
ed

1. Adjusting
to reality of
their own
work
situation

Medical:
1.Current
medical
problem
Emotional
and Social:
1. Isolation
of the
patient with
the other
members of
the society
2.
Dependency
problem

First Order Changes:

The father continued to be one of the

providers to maintain the basic needs of
the family
The father is the solo decision maker in
the family

Second Order Changes:

The death of Mother, leading to a shift of

many roles in the family, fulfilling the new
caregiver for the disabled member and the
new financial provider
The imprisonment of one member of the
family, realigns the relationship to include
grandchildren as part of the family

Problems Encountered:
1.Parents
Medical: hypertension and asthma
Emotional and Social: financial problems,
caregiver problem

2.Children
Medical: Seizure Disorder
Emotional and Social: dependency problem,
conflict and adjustment to the society