Interview About How Old Are You

I have always admired the senior citizens who are wondering how they have passed such long journeys of their lives. They not only have accomplished achievements, but also have done memorable works that deserve admiration, respect, and priority in today’s society. These old people may look incompetent and unexciting in somebody’s eyes and thoughts, but not everyone realizes that they are the people with greatest knowledge and experiences beyond their masters of life. From my own experience, whenever I see an old mister or mistress looking for help or in need of help, I can never ignore him or

Aging is very complex and highly individualized process which begins at conception and end with death. Variables such as physical or cognitive impairments, socioeconomic aspect, cultural values, and beliefs make an aging process unique to each individual. I interviewed an elderly woman using a set of guided questionnaires on the topic to further explore her aging experience. For the purpose of this assignment, I will refer to the client interviewed as a D.L., a changed name for a reason of privacy and confidentiality. During the interview, we explored a D.L. strategy to stay healthy, significant accomplishments of her life, hobbies and activities, retirement, and finally the goals for the future.

Attention Getter: Many of us know firsthand what opioids do to people. I bet everyone here has had a call where drugs of any kind where used in the wrong way, especially opioids.

When I first found out about this assignment I was a little anxious because I didn 't know whom I would interview or how my request would be received. As I consider my options I thought it would be best to interview someone that could offer me some insight as to what it is like to be an elementary or junior high school counselor, which are the two age groups that I would most like to work with. With this in mind, I decided to interview one of my son 's past guidance counselors. This is a woman that I have admired since the first day that I met her. In talking with her I found her to be a very knowledgeable, caring, and open person. She has been in the helping profession for over twenty years and working as a guidance counselor since 1999.

In the early 1990’s many doctors were hesitant in prescribing narcotics because they were seen as harmful and habit forming. Purdue Pharma the creator of OxyContin changed the ways of the drug industry. Purdue changed the mindset of many physicians and family doctors inconveniencing them that the new to the market drug was revolutionary, with promises of quick pain relief that last up to 12 hours. With marketing adds like “Remember, effective relief just takes two” Purdue Pharma convinced doctors that it was virtually impossible to become addicted (HARRIET RYAN, 2016). The rise of OxyContin started in 1996. OxyContin

Ed is 77-year-old White heterosexual man who is in good health and lives in the Niles area of Fremont, California with his wife, Laura, and eldest son Michael. Ed strongly identifies as Irish-Catholic and he and Laura raised their family in an Irish-Catholic household. I selected Ed as my interviewee because he lives in my neighborhood and is good friends with my neighbor’s father. The two degrees of separation between us are gender, ethnicity/cultural identity, as well as socioeconomic status (he is an upper middle class retiree).

/\“A couple hours once you started waking up we moved you, but worry you’re in good hands were using the same drugs from your dads company” he smiled as if it were some kind of spectacular news

Through my observations of the Narcotics Anonymous meeting I believe that my analysis could be beneficial to the realm of medicine. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014) released a study that displayed, “health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2012, enough for every American adult to have a bottle of pills.” Considering the mass amount of prescriptions being written nationwide, it is not surprising that one of the members in the NA meeting I attended was able to easily obtain painkillers from her doctor. The specific interaction I encountered during the Narcotics Anonymous meeting where the woman described that her addiction was being supported by the constant prescriptions written by her doctor

g. . physicians- ask about any and all drug abuse; screening for prescription drug use can be incorporated into routine medical visits. Take note of of rapid increases in the amount of medication needed.

The humanity of aging is a concept sometimes hard to grasp. Understanding why we are

Molly: Because it costs too much. The reason I do the other drugs so much is

Patients would regularly take their prescribed opioid medications in order to relieve the symptoms of their pain. In

I looked at my list of questions for this interview and I saw questions similar to the one that made Denny uncomfortable last interview. I decided to keep those questions - like “What do you see as the generational differences between your generation and younger generations?” - out of the interview. That is also why I asked him to expand some more on his engagement story since I know he is still married to his first and only wife and thought it could be a cute story. According to the notes under the heading “Divorce,” survivors is a term given to couples who are 65 years of age and still married. At 82 years of age, Mr. Bean is definitely one of those survivors. I do feel like this interview went easier than last. My recording of the interview

The druggist looked down at her. She looked back at him, erect, her face like a strained flag. `Why, of course', the druggist said. `If that's what you want. But the law requires you to tell what you are going to use it for'.

A. I wouldn’t say that I was ever addicted to any drug, others would disagree and I can understand why. When I look back at those days I thought I was addicted. I look at it now as an escape; I was using crack cocaine in order to escape my problems, to escape reality, to escape my stress. I always had the ability to stop, I just didn’t want to. I never used by myself always with a group, I kept my job, paid my bills, educated my children, I only used on payday after all of my other priorities were taken care of.