Sociology: Systems of Kinship:
Family, household, marriage.
Types and forms of family.
Lineage and descent.
Patriarchy and sexual division oflabour.
Contemporary trends.
NEWS IN SHORT:
A conservatorship is a form of adult guardianship in the Unites States, which allows the conservator — mostly another family member — to be in charge of the conservatee.
Over all this time, she has had no power over the wealth that she has generated, or over general decisions regarding what she should or should not do.
What is a conservatorship?
A conservatorship is a form of adult guardianship in the Unites States, which allows the conservator — mostly another family member — to be in charge of the conservatee.
A conservator is a person or institution that protects the conservatee, and is empowered by a court to do so. The person who seeks the conservatorship files a petition in court asking to be a conservator.
The essential idea is to keep the conservatee healthy, out of harm’s way, and to always act with their best interests in mind.
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
SYLLABUS: Systems of Kinship: Patriarchy and sexual division of labour.
- The concept of conservatorship is linked to the ability of individuals to take decisions about their lives on their own.
- Conservatorship is mostly intended to protect individuals who do not have the capacity to look after themselves, their interests, finances, living arrangements, medical care, and their general well-being, or are susceptible to fraud of some kind.
- The court usually appoints a conservator in cases of old age, dementia, developmental disability, or physical or mental limitations.