Communication With Elderly
The fastest growing population in the U. S today is the very old individual age 85 and older. The ability to communicate effectively with the older clients and their families is essential to quality service. This article describes various communication disabilities associated with aging and how these disabilities affect important functions such as access to health care and maintenance of social roles. Aging is responsible for physiologic changes in vision, hearing, voice, and speech processes. Age related changes in vision disorders include macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, or diabetic retinopathy. For vision disorder the article suggests to increased lighting in the services area, printed information should be clutter –free, large
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Approach the elder from the better vision side (if that is relevant) and introduce yourself at all time. And remember elderly individual need sometime to response to question so have patience and be kind.
I am very impressed with this article. It’s well written and highly organized. The author presented the studies in a simple way that reader could easily understand. I felt that the article focused on important current need, which is building better communication skills between the health care team, the patient and the patient’s families.
The article provides helpful clinical skills that healthcare individual could do to better
communicate with elderly patient. For example, the article suggests checking for Limited background noise to enhance the patient’s ability to hear. And as a caregiver, provide or encourage use of sensory or communicative assistive devices. Always be aware of your verbal and nonverbal communication; speak clearly with natural volume and intonation.
In conclusion, when working with elderly patient, remember to have extra time and be prepare to repeat or rephrase during the interview.
Reference
Lubinski, R., Orange, J. (2014). Communicating effectively with elders and their families: The asha
Approach the elder from the better vision side (if that is relevant) and introduce yourself at all time. And remember elderly individual need sometime to response to question so have patience and be kind.
I am very impressed with this article. It’s well written and highly organized. The author presented the studies in a simple way that reader could easily understand. I felt that the article focused on important current need, which is building better communication skills between the health care team, the patient and the patient’s families.
The article provides helpful clinical skills that healthcare individual could do to better
communicate with elderly patient. For example, the article suggests checking for Limited background noise to enhance the patient’s ability to hear. And as a caregiver, provide or encourage use of sensory or communicative assistive devices. Always be aware of your verbal and nonverbal communication; speak clearly with natural volume and intonation.
In conclusion, when working with elderly patient, remember to have extra time and be prepare to repeat or rephrase during the interview.
Reference
Lubinski, R., Orange, J. (2014). Communicating effectively with elders and their families: The asha