Dis 2 Mod 1

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Jan 9, 2024

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Dis 2 Mod 1 The role of a Marriage and Family Therapist working with the elderly is to establish and maintain a level of competence regarding the population. This understanding should span across areas such as diversity (culture, race, sexuality, etc.), physical changes and ability, mental acuity, changes in health, emotional stress that comes with losing close friends and family throughout the aging process, lifespan development, and what healthy aging looks like. Many of the issues that came up in the text and video for this week were in regard to autonomy. Often times aging comes with a laundry list of lifestyle changes that are meant to increase lifespan. However, these changes do not always align with what the older adult wants for the remainder of their and conflict with what will help maintain their happiness. Thus the crisis of quality over quantity is experienced. Additionally, the same aspects we should be mindful of, as discussed above, can lead to issues. Older adults may feel that they are being restricted and monitored, leading to a loss of independence and control of their lives. For example, they may no longer be allowed to drive at night because of declining eyesight, or they are told they can no longer eat certain foods because of high cholesterol, or they require an in-home nurse to distribute their medication because of issues with memory. Barnett, J. E., & Quenzel, A. P. (2017) Innovating to Meet the Needs of Our Aging Population. Practice Innovations, 2(3). Retrieved from the Presentations section of this course under Module 1. Gawande, A. (2017, October 13). "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End" | Talks at Google.
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