Improving Your Communication With Older Adults

By Franklin Skribbit


Lee Iacocca reported that he failed at retirement. He spent a career guiding Chrysler and Ford to success. His career wasn't easy; in fact it meant a lot of late nights and busy weekends away. Lee spent every day of his working life deep in the trenches of the business world.

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.

A memorial service is a highly important event. It is at once a time to grieve and a time to celebrate the life that the loved one lived.

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.

Third and finally, your social health will still thrive. Spending your time with beloved friends and making new acquaintances at work increase your social network. It's these relationships that can turn into lasting friendships for later in life. You can never have enough friends and you'll always enjoy making new ones.

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

Indeed, it is common for the musical offerings to include religious pieces, as well as the music that the deceased liked to listen to in life. Food is also a common part of memorial events and sharing a meal together brings a sense of community and aids those in attendance by helping them to support each other.

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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