Older Person Interview The older person that I interviewed was my great-grandfather, Kay Wilson. He is eighty-three years old and is currently retired, living at home. Wilson was born on February 27, 1934 and raised in Sylacauga, AL by his mother. His father was not active in his life, but his grandparents were his main caretakers growing up. During this interview Wilson was strict when answering questions as well as providing straight answers. The most Wilson divulged with information on was his career starting from the age of thirteen which I found to be intriguing. At first to start off the interview I asked Wilson, “What did you do for a living?” He said, “Survived,” which caused a laugh between the two of us. After that Wilson went …show more content…
into great detail of what all jobs he had during his life. Age thirteen he had a paper route, then in high school he was a ticket taker at Martin Theaters in Sylacauga. He then was a manager at a shoe department which led him to his next job of working at STAG for the next twenty-two years. Wilson eventually saved enough money to buy that store (STAG) to make it a business exclusively for men until 1987. After losing his business to the economy downfall in a small town, Wilson got a job at Curtis and Son Funeral Home where he worked for twenty-six years until he retired in March 2014. He was a hardworking man that believed in each job that he held. Wilson continues to be a man of simple taste and a simple way of life. There is nothing new that he would hope to learn or do that he hasn’t already done. The time for that has passed in his opinion. He says that he feels the age that he is and some days like he has one foot in the grave. In the next upcoming months Wilson hopes to accomplish just a day-by-day survival. He is currently on dialysis four days a week because of his kidney failure. He has about five percent usage of his kidneys and hopes that with the dialysis, he will start feeling better. Wilson has been able to experience a lot situations that could help most young people if they would take the time to listen to him.
His top advice that he would give would be to put at least ten percent of everything that you earn into a savings account and do not touch it. This way you have something saved if there is a crisis or emergency and you need some money to bail you out of trouble. If younger people would talk to older people more, than they would be able to learn from someone else’s experiences rather than make their own and repeat mistakes. His views for the major social problems confronting older people in society today is there needs to be more understanding and more patience when discussing older people. Often they are neglected and it is not fair that they are tossed to the side just because they got older. In life there are things that we often regret and wish we could go back and fix and that was the answer I received from Wilson when asked if he wanted to go back and have a do over again. He did not want to go into much detail so I respected his privacy because I know everyone has secrets. With his friends and family, Wilson has learned that trust and honesty is the most important when it comes to having relationships. These relationships are built off of your own genuineness, so you have to be vulnerable with them. They are your family, they are the ones you are supposed to be able to trust the
most. Wilson likes to think that he turned out the way his grandmother and mother raised him to be. He was especially close with his grandparents and learned life lessons from him and how to be a good man. In life you have good points and low points, Wilson had many of each point in his life. Some of his low points was retiring and being on dialysis. Those were extremely hard for him to cope with; however Wilson did have high points in his life. His high points was owning his own business, getting married, and raising a family of his own. You cannot predict the way life is going to go all you can do is your best and have a little faith in it. I asked my grandfather what kind of advice could he give me about life and what was the most important thing he could say to me at my age. He pondered for a few minutes and finally said, “Strive to be the best you can, live life to the fullest, set a goal and complete it. You never know what day is going to be your last, so it is up to you on how you live it.” I try to absorb as much information and guidance he can give me. He is truly one of the strongest men I have ever known, I am privileged to be his granddaughter.
The focus of this paper is to compare and contrast a well elder and a frail elder while using Occupational Therapy Practice Framework language. For this assignment I chose to conduct a semi structured interview using the Canadian Occupational performance Measure (COPM) to gather information about my chosen elders perceived problems and priorities. For this assignment I will be using pseudonyms in order to protect the privacy of both individuals.
Link starts his book by giving details on Wilson’s life starting in Staunton, Virginia on December 29, 1856 when Wilson was born.(Link.pg1) Wilson was a scholar. He attended Davidson College and Princeton University. Next, he attended University of Virginia where he studied law. Finally, Wilson studied political science and history at John Hopkins University. Next, with his numerous degrees and extensive knowledge, Wilson taught at a verity of universities between 1885 and 1902, as well as being the dean of a graduate school in 1910. (Link.pg1). Finally in 1912 Wilson ran for president of the United States and won.
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In the early 1940’s Marie was born into a small tight knit family living in a small rural Kentucky town. Marie is now in her seventies and has led a very interesting life traveling the country, raising four children, and shaping her chosen profession. Our interview sessions were conducted over a period of time, as Marie is very active and has little “free time” to spare.
Prominent musician, Celine Dion, once said, “There’s no such thing is aging, but maturing and knowledge. It’s beautiful, I call that beauty.” To many, growing old is just a natural, beautiful part of life. It is inevitable. It is inescapable. The functionalist perspective of sociology states that the elderly perform a function in order to keep society running with ease. Functionalists focus on the disengagement theory and how people tend to disengage from society as they approach death. Symbolic interactionists focus on how environmental factors and relationships with others affect the aging experience, focusing on the activity theory and the continuity theory (Carl, 2011, p. 220). Conflict theorists focus on the discrepancies that arise between different age groups. They also focus on the economical side of aging and the issues that may arise due to an active elderly population (Carl, 2011, p. 221).
... record. He addresses sex with Thirteen (Dr. Hadley) because she is bisexual. Romantic relationships are addressed when Wilson starts to date his ex-wife in season six. He also addresses sibling relationships in the episode “Moving the Chains” when House gives Dr. Foreman’s ex-con brother a job working for him. House is known to be an atheist. He addresses religion when patients come in and are religious. Also it is made public when Wilson finds out that House is hiding reading Step By Step Sermons for Everyday Life a religious book written by his “father.”
Mrs. Maxine represents my archetypal view of the healthy "seasoned citizen." Maxine is a Caucasian female born in rural, Mullens, West Virginia in 1926. She is the only child of a Southern Baptist, "middle class" family. Joseph Hammond, her father, was a farmer. Her mother, Ruby, was a "full-time parent" and prided herself on "running the house." Maxine explained that farmers wife's were routinely responsible for the day-to-day operations of the household. Her Southern Baptist faith was complements of her parents and minister grandfather.
This essay will start by explaining what is elder abuse and the different types of abuse and the kinds of patterns that exist. It will acknowledge the positions that elder people can be in that make them vulnerable in society and the dangers of these. It will also look at the report of protecting our future 2002 and looks at their responsibilities and how ways they help prevent elder abuse. Then in turn it will explain the policy developments since the publication of the protecting our future 2002 and recommendations that need to be implemented to ensure the prevention of elder abuse of the review 2009. It also will state some of the actions following the report and how efficient that is on how to prevent elder abuse.
P.R. opened a lot about the emotional challenges that he has suffered through. He stated that his wife divorced him after 49 years of marriage. This was one of the hardest things that he had to go through. He stated that “it’s hard to let someone go when you still love them”. Other challenges that he has been through mentally are losing some of his good friends and family members.
The world is said to reach a population of 9.2 billion people in 2050. The economy of a country is affected in multiple ways; one of the factors affecting the progression of an economy is the life expectancy. In the past decade, the sizes of families are decreasing due to many reasons such as low fertility rates, economic reasons, high education, and etc. causing an increase in the elderly population. Over the years, the life expectancy is continuing to rise at a phenomenal rate as the technologies advance to protect myriads of lives. The increased ageing population has been putting constant pressure on the economies to provide for the sick and the unemployed. In turn, this hinders the progress of the economy. But on the contrary, the increase in older citizens in an economy has also benefitted t...
According to DeBrew, author of “Can being ageist harm your older adult patients?” stereotypes and discrimination are evident in various aspects of patient care. “Ageism [is] defined as stereotyping or discrimination aimed at older adults and a lack of knowledge about normal changes of aging and presentation of illness in older adults (. . .)” (DeBrew, 2015). DeBrew (2015) states, “research findings suggest that ageism is common in healthcare” (DeBrew, 2015). Ageism is not only an issue in the healthcare setting, but also among older adults as well as their families. When ageism is present in the healthcare setting it poses
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Life story interview/ project was design for you to get to know a random stranger or a close friends. You would asked general questions about the person life, school, work and family, therefore many will open up to you but a lot of people would not. Before you did the interview you had taken a NIH certification make sure you understand how to do the interview. You had recorded it, transmitted it, coded it and then present it to the class. Once everything was done you learned something new about this person or you may look at their cultural a different way.
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