Monday 19 August 2013

Improving Your Communication With Older Adults

By Franklin Skribbit


If you are currently in school and looking to study gerontology, then that is very exciting. Gerontology is the study of the social, psychological, and biological aspects of aging.

If there was anyone that should have looked forward to his retirement, it would have been Lee. And yet, he told reporters that he failed. Shortly after retirement, he began looking for other projects to keep him busy. He was bored and had to be doing something; he returned to Chrysler a few times, amongst other things.

Gerontology is currently a rapidly growing field. Many people who study gerontology in school go on to become nurses, nurse's assistants, hospice workers, and a wide variety of other jobs and professions.

Many people who think they want to go into gerontology start to reconsider when they start interacting with older people. Interacting with older people can indeed be difficult. They oftentimes don't respond as quickly or clearly as would a younger person. Sometimes older people experience dementia, and they repeat certain phrases over and over.

Most memorial services utilize a religious center, wherein people can gather and find comfort in the sense of community that permeates these proceedings. Based on the faith of the people involved and in the deceased, there often will be a message of hope found in the proceedings.

Second, your body doesn't react to it well. Retirement looks like people sitting in chairs watching TV. Exercise becomes (or indeed stays) an undesirable activity. It's during this time that you need it the most though. Health science watches the sentient lifestyle create an overweight population while increasing the chances for chronic disease. It's an active lifestyle that keeps these ill-effects away.

Make sure that you are talking slowly enough so that they can hear what you're saying and understand the meaning of what you're saying. Another great way to effectively communicate with older people is to avoid distractions.

Not being able to retire seems like a bad thing because the news makes it that way. Retirement is all they can think about.

Another great way to communicate with an older adult is to sit face-to-face across from them. Many people are afraid of doing this because they think that maybe it will be awkward for them or for the older person.

Another thing that many people think is awkward is eye contact. But if you maintain eye contact throughout a conversation, that really helps the person to know that you are interested in them and you are actively listening to them.

The process is not an exact one, but it is one that helps those who are going through a hard time and who need to be surrounded by friends and family in order to feel supported and loved. As a long term care provider, especially for those who work in hospices and nursing homes, some duties of the job may require that you understand the proceedings of a quality memorial service with the ability to organize such a service quickly.

When it comes time to retire, perhaps you'll see that sitting on a couch for the rest of your life isn't the way. It's better spent on the move, working, learning, and becoming better to continually stave off the ill-effects of old age, like Lee and so many others.




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