Secondary Aging Interview

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

I had the privilege of interviewing a 60 year old gentlemen who I will identify as Mr. E to protect his privacy for this assignment. The goal of my interview was to gain insight on aging from an older adult. I interviewed Mr. E in his home on a weekday evening. He expressed appreciation and was surprised that he was the focus of an interview in which his life story and thoughts would be recorded.

As my grandmother got older she went through many physical changes due to hormones in her body. At the age of 50 she went through menopause and this meant that there was many physical changes in her body like her periods started to become irregular and after a while would stop. The oestrogen hormone levels in women would decrease when they go through menopause. There are other symptoms which my grandmother experienced like:

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If I could do this assignment over, the two things I would do differently is dig deeper into my candidate's life and to have more than three people from each different age group to interview. The reason why I would want to dig deeper is because I would have enough information to write my paper. When I was doing my journals, I feel like there should be more spaces for me to get to know the child and to get in debt. I also feel like we should have more people to interview. When I first started this project, I interview 3 people under the same age group. I felt like I would have more things to talk about instead of talking about one child in one age group. When

Assessing and planning care of the elderly is important in enabling the older adult to have the best quality of life in their later years. Understanding their views on living day to day with what they hold dear, will help in planning care for the older person. In this paper, I will interview an older adult and describe various details as well as cultural relations surrounding my interviewed individual. I will perform functional assessments using the Tinetti, Katz, Home Safety, and Barthel tools, which will be included in the Appendix. I will compare any age-related changes and identify more than six preliminary issues that need to be addressed. Lastly, I will propose more than three alterations and

The Aging Quiz, by Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D., Webster University is a 25 statement, true or false test, declaring common beliefs held by most United States individuals. First impressions of the quiz revealed many statements were obviously stereotypical in nature. On further inspection, I noticed the date of the publication was 1977 and 1980. My speculation is these misconceptions of seniors may have evolved in the last several decades. With that said, I did find the explanation of the answers informative. There were no substantial surprises in the answers, two of three wrong answers concerned physical aspects, and one could be deemed as social/physiological and I believe I did well on the quiz.

As I have grown older, I have found myself wanting a career working with older adults. Dynamics of Working with Older Adults has provided me a great deal of information that will help me in this endeavor. At the same time, I have also been fortunate enough to have discovered my own communication style and tips on how to improve while speaking to older generations of people. Overall, the valuable information I have gained throughout this course will equip me with the tools to enact change in the systems of our world, in order to provide a more peaceful and respectful environment for humans in society.

As a 51-year-old woman, I had some concerns about getting older. I used to think that old age was knocking at my door. My body goes through things now that I don’t want to except like, arthritis, memory loss, even bladder control. However, I do think I am relatively in good health. Even with short or long term illnesses, “Most older adults consider their health to be good or excellent”, according to Breyspraak and Badura, (2015). Healthy living could increase longevity. After taking the aging quiz, I understand a little more and can embrace the years that I have left here on earth. I learned that people consider old age to be 100 years old. The quiz gives facts and educating people about gerontology.

I interviewed a woman in her sixties called Dr. Kate Walters. She previously own two businesses, which provided at-home care for senior citizens. They were located in Waterford, and were both corporations. The first, called “Caring Home Support Services Inc.” was open for ten years. The second, “Care Works Inc.” was open for eighteen years. When I asked her how she characterized herself, she said that it depends on the context. But in the sense of running a business, she believes she is detail oriented, dedicated, needs to be well informed on a topic before acting upon it, and she takes charge.

As people‘s age increases changes occur in the body. Purpose of this interview with 58 years old is to learn about the process of aging. Aging is characterized by significant changes and different stages have different changes. Middle adulthood is the age between 45 -60 which an individual faces many changes. Main focus of this interview was to learn about an adult’s biological, cognitive and socioemotional changes that occur during that time period. Interview was designed with some set of questions regarding biological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes of the client. The outcome of this interview demonstrated

Aging is a natural and inevitable feat that every living organism must muster. Although we accept that aging, no matter the rate, happens, some cannot do so without reason nor a formal explanation. Because of these people, there are theories and ideas that were made up to capture the full frame of growing older. I believe that the act of aging can be perceived in two different ways: physically or mentally. These are two completely divergent fields. However, if played together, we can explain the whole gamut of the adventure with age. I conclude the amalgamation of the Age Stratification Theory (Three Theoretical Perspectives, 33) and the Cross-Linking Theory (Personal

Primary aging refers to the normal and intrinsic processes of biological aging (PSYC 401: Lisa Hollis-Sawyer, personal communication 10/11/11). Skin changes and hair changing to gray hair are examples of primary aging in older adults. In addition, in primary aging, the sensory senses begin to change in older adults.

Even though I only had one hour to observe Michelle for my older adult observation assignment, I believe working on this older adult observation assignment will train me to become a well-prepared occupational therapist in the future, because I have learned about the theory of aging. During the observation, I was able to analyze the changes in physical appearances, movement, handle the stuffs and way of speaking and communication of older adult. In addition, I have learned observing an old adult requires the observer’s capacity of going to detail. Observer should prepare a list of what to observe before meeting an adult. For example, observer should first list down what are the main dynamics in aging. What I didn’t expect to observe was Michelle’s

I chose four interviewees, two men and two women. The two men are my dad and my brother. My dad is forty-eight, and my brother is twenty-four. The two women that I chose for this project are my mom and my friend. My mom is forty-three, and my friend is twenty. I chose them to be my interviewees, because I wanted to get the perspective of two men and women in two different age groups. I also explained what