Mapping Your Future Your Way: Mrs. Elizabeth Laroda
Introduction
On 22nd February, 2013 at 10:00a.m I arrived at Mrs. Elizabeth Laroda’s house to interview her for my Psychology 105 class project. I have known Mrs. Laroda for six years and we meet when I was working as a medical office assistant at her gynaecologist office. I decided to ask Mrs. Laroda to be my interviewee for this project because she is fifty-eight years old and the assignment required me to interview a person between the ages of fifty to sixty five. Prior to asking her, I had asked several persons but they declined because they did not want to or did not have the time to be interviewed. However, when I asked Mrs. Laroda she accepted with no hesitations. In addition, she is a very open, talkative and lively person and since this project required me spending several hours interviewing someone I wanted that person not to be uninteresting and willing to answer personal questions. The interview took three hours not because it was difficult interviewing her or because she had problems understanding the survey questions but because she is a talkative person. As a result, I found that we would start discussing topics unrelated to this assignment. During the interview I asked her questions regarding her beliefs, family and social life, and concerns about aging and entering retirement. Interview Questions
1. How did you meet your spouse?
2. Where do you work and how long have you worked there?
3. What are your recreational activities?
4. How do you want to spend your retirement?
5. Do you have any other means of income?
6. Do you have medical insurance?
7. What are your views on dying and the common health problems of aging?
8. Have you considered where you well live when you retire?
9. Do you have any religious beliefs and do you think they will affect your retirement?
10. Would you like to participate in volunteer activities?
11. Is your money invested to best suit your long-term needs?
12. Will you be able to afford in-home help should
On 22nd February, 2013 at 10:00a.m I arrived at Mrs. Elizabeth Laroda’s house to interview her for my Psychology 105 class project. I have known Mrs. Laroda for six years and we meet when I was working as a medical office assistant at her gynaecologist office. I decided to ask Mrs. Laroda to be my interviewee for this project because she is fifty-eight years old and the assignment required me to interview a person between the ages of fifty to sixty five. Prior to asking her, I had asked several persons but they declined because they did not want to or did not have the time to be interviewed. However, when I asked Mrs. Laroda she accepted with no hesitations. In addition, she is a very open, talkative and lively person and since this project required me spending several hours interviewing someone I wanted that person not to be uninteresting and willing to answer personal questions. The interview took three hours not because it was difficult interviewing her or because she had problems understanding the survey questions but because she is a talkative person. As a result, I found that we would start discussing topics unrelated to this assignment. During the interview I asked her questions regarding her beliefs, family and social life, and concerns about aging and entering retirement. Interview Questions
1. How did you meet your spouse?
2. Where do you work and how long have you worked there?
3. What are your recreational activities?
4. How do you want to spend your retirement?
5. Do you have any other means of income?
6. Do you have medical insurance?
7. What are your views on dying and the common health problems of aging?
8. Have you considered where you well live when you retire?
9. Do you have any religious beliefs and do you think they will affect your retirement?
10. Would you like to participate in volunteer activities?
11. Is your money invested to best suit your long-term needs?
12. Will you be able to afford in-home help should
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