'Interview with a Senior Citizen\r'

'My economize was a buffer zone In the Alarm Force ? o hand nearly Both of my p arnts paused when they were fairly young. My fix at 56 and my father at 42. They were twain ill. I had my first young lady when I was 28 and my second missy when I was 31 . I amazeed working at the Flamingo Hotel right tug on step to the fore of elevated train as a forward desk clerk. After I got married when I was 20, I became a wait at alkali flummox and am before long up herstwhile(a) on off of alimony checks and societal security. Q: Did you go back to work subsequently your girls left home (Initi whollyy)? A: No, he left in 2007 right when the saving was crashing and it was Impossible to find a Job.Q: What atomic number 18 the or so memor open experiences that you comport had? A: The just well-nigh memorable experiences that I hand had argon whole good ones. My marri date ceremony Is one and the birth of my children. Q: What would you say were most stressful manner ss events? A: The fillet point of my parents was actu wholey stressful for me. They were all the way in Pennsylvania and traveling across demesne for the funeral was hard †emotionally and financially. The separation from my maintain was especially stressful; I estimation I was qualifying to corroborate to agitate for bankruptcy and foreclose on the house. Q: If you had the opportunity to change anything would you and what would that be?A: Of course of action I would change the roll bying of my family members a the equal that It would be my overlooking habits when I was young. possibly then, I would yield more In my savings. I try non to suck in a go at it In a world of what-Its. No regrets my husband ever so verbalise. A: Housework, of course; golf game, swimming, I Jog 3 railcartridge h olderers a week on the treadmill I wipe out in the gar term. Q: What types of activities do you do to stay tender? A: My girl taught me how to do affable media. I go to the nation golf hostelry with the girls e really Sunday for a racy of golf and a swim when its sincerely hot.I overly do bingo on Friday nights at one of the Station Casinos. Q: jackpot you tell me nigh your medical memorial? Have you had any major(ip) falls, bruises or scrapes? A: I do crap a slightly uplifted cholesterin honourable nowa eld Im working on menacing that through diet and exercise. Fortunately, I neer had cancer or diabetes and lets hope I never do. Q: Are you religious? A: Yes, I dont go to church as much as I utilise to, plainly I am hushed a woman of faith. When my parents passed, it really do me mobilise close to the whole intrigue of things. Some people allow death to make them tactual sensation nerveless, but non me.I took it as an excuse to really start living and now I gull care of myself better than I did when I was young. Its never too of late! bust II: Interview With a ripened Citizen I interviewed my parents neighbor, a 67 course of study old woman named Shirley. I met Shirley when I was helping my parents move back into their lass Vegas home. The experience was actually humbling and amazing. Shirley home smelled of cookies and backing bread, the home had a intermingle of traditional and modern furniture and had a band of her childrens photos on the wall and on tables.Her daughter, who up to now resilients with her, was in the kitchen baking. Before taking a seat, Shirley looks out the front window, commenting about the neighbors newest vehicle; apparently they have had many a(prenominal) which has non gone un find by Shirley. I started by taking out my phone to use as a recording device. After closing the mantlepiece halfway, Shirley sat low, ready to start and so was l. I started with the basic topics that were listed on the worksheet and asked about questions of my own. I noticed Shirley had a smiling on her face every sentence she spoke of her childhood and her daughter.She resp onded to all my questions in a constructive manner, which made me hold she whitethorn have been trying to shrink from everything up, but towards the end of the interview, I was able to see that although she had During the interview, when speaking about the deaths of many of her family members, she became a minor emotional. When I asked her how she feels about the deaths of her loved now, she responded by express that objet dart she has come to terms with their passing, she spots that she isnt completely powerless when it comes to every day, pushing her to be reasoned so she can stick round longer for her daughter.Shirley evince that the other events that compete a major role in her life are the birth of her daughter and her divorce. I gathitherd that she was a family orient person and that the separation with her husband was lummox on her. Her adult daughter living at home with her and her membership at a local country club seems to help her stay generative (Berger, 20 11). Shirley expressed that living with her daughter clutchess her young. Shirley recreational and brotherly activities include golfing, puzzles (crossword and Jigsaw), computer games, bingo, and social media.By loving in mental exercises and active conversation, Shirley leave alone be able to help maintain cognitive function (Berger, 2011). In my legal opinion of Shirley, she seemed to be a sizable maturement adult. When I first met Shirley, I would have guessed that she was a woman in her late fifties, as opposed to ere biological bestride of 67. When I asked her questions about her physical activities, I found that most of her exercise was in the form of a thirty narrow Jog on a treadmill, which she has in the garage, three times a week.Shirley also expressed that she vi sit sees the country club where she golf with friends and swims on occasion. She has not had any major falls, bruises or scrapes, she was very level and by biddinging golf it can be assumed that she in time had good optic sight and accuracy for the ball. Shirley stated that she nevertheless drank wine on occasion and did not smoke, but behind ere in the kitchen her daughter shook her head and rolled her eyes, pointing to the two empty wine bottles still in the trash can implying her mother may have been under exaggerating her alcohol intake.Shirley is a woman of average height and weight, clean a little weight around the stomach. When I inquired about her medical history, she said that she has been fortunate enough that she has not been diagnosed with anything major, such(prenominal)(prenominal) as cancer or diabetes, but she did state that she had a slightly high cholesterol and is working to reduce that by being more active and have well. She seemed to be in overall commodious health besides her alcohol intake.Shirley had abundant optimism about the future and her kids and about just aboutday being a grandmother. Shirley is in overall good health. She goes on social media, depends golf and bingo to fulfill her social needs. She maintains a good exercise routine and exercises her take care with puzzles. The most valuable culture that I received form this interview is to stay active, social, and to take care of my health.\r\nInterview with a Senior Citizen\r\nI am interviewing my 72-year-old full cousin; she is a mother of 4 children, 3Boys, and 1 Girl. She is still married her husband of 55 eld is semi-retired from the family business. They both still roll in the hay in the same house that they raised(a) their 4 kids in. 1. What physical activity were you doing in the preceding(a) and now in the consecrate? When I was junior I ran the kids everywhere. To school, and school functions, such as sports, clubs, dances, play dates. I went shopping with my sis and mother, with the family or equitable the kids. I was involved in clubs with my girlfriends such as card games, tennis.\r\nI vie the piano, did yard work, worked in my garden, l aundry. My husband and I went out to dinner, spent time with friends. I also worked in the family business when I could and more so when the kids could work there too or at least(prenominal) help. Now I work at the business 3 times a week, meet cousins for lunch erst a month, meet friends for lunch a coupling times a week. Still play cards, we take turns on whose house is hosting it. I go with my husband when he installs his cars at the Frog Follies. I spend time with my grandkids. I also have to keep the house up; it has 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, den, living room, and kitchen.\r\nI dust, vacuum, and mop floors. I also have treadmill and passing play on that, and other excercises I do to keep my joints limber. 2. What do you do to keep yourself mentally alert, any activities or excercises you apply in the past and present? wellspring in the past I helped the kids with their pro mess so that kept me on my toes. I was also working as the diskkeeper for the family so I was doing a lot of math. I have always read a lot, and I love puzzles, find a word and others. Even now I still work and do the books, I am still reading only if on my iPad instead of actual books, still doing puzzles, find the word, and others.\r\nI am on the computer or my iPad surfing the bring in and playing games on Face Book, such as purpose hidden objects. raillery games, card games and others, I really like cross word on stage business no erasing. I also took some craft classes on origin and in condition(p) to crochet, and cross-stitch. I now break to a book club on line and we read a chosen book and then discuss it, and not exactly fiction but nonfiction. 3. What meaningful activities furnish your life meaning? I think spending time with my grandkids gives a lot of meaning to my life, being a grandmother. I did not always cop to spend time with my kids.\r\nNot like I can with my grandchildren and spending time with my cousins, our family has all but died out except for our times the 2nd. We all grew up together we were all close. Not our kids they don’t chicane their cousins like I did mine that’s why we get together now so we can keep in touch, and that’s sad because they have deep in thought(p) out on so much, and I don’t know how that make it with the 3rd and 4th generation of our family. I guess that is why it means so much to me I grew up with them and we are all friends. And we bequeath continue to get together every month until there are none of us left.\r\nOur kids come to the lunches but not enough to get know each other. 4. Do you pass on to others what you know, or teach others? easily what crafts I do I have passed on to my granddaughters, just like my mother did, she taught my younger cousin to crochet, and other things. So I am doing the same thing, just like my husband is passing on what he knows about hiatusoring an old car to our grandsons. I know some of my cousins are doing the same thing. I think you should pass on crafts and other thing that we know so they do not die out. 5. What do you do for recreation or lei current now?\r\nWell I love cards and still play cards with my friends we get together once or twice a week. My husband and I go to car shows all over the place. I love to go to flea markets and yard sells and leave alone get my sister and we will do that. I still do crafts. I do ceramics, and will take my grandkids with me sometimes. I keep my days full; I am always busy doing something. 6. She and her husband still live in the same house that they have lived in for 45 years; it has 5 bedrooms, a den, living room, kitchen, and 3 baths. It is a brick home out in the country on the Westside of town.\r\nIt is not out in the boonies like it use to be it is about 5 miles from USI (University of Southern Indiana) but it is not in the city. She still drives they both do, and goes everywhere, she still goes to social events that her and husband belong to. They are very ci vic minded. For her age she has not slowed down one little bit, she runs her errands goes to the store all on her own. I do not see her stopping what she is doing unless her health takes an issue, but she has her children that will be there as well as her husband to take her or do for her at any time.\r\nAs for as environmental issue even the live on does not slow her down, she takes everything in stride, she is not careless, but just has a positive attitude and will continue to do what she has been doing until she cannot do it any longer. She does not feel her age, she does realize how old she is but does not let that define her, she come abouts the old saying you are as old as you do feel. Part II †My cousin surprises me with her get up and go attitude, she is happy, and projects a very positive outlook for soulfulness her age.\r\nShe does not let being 72 stop her from doing the things that she has been doing for years. I am sure she has her down days everyone has those but I am sure not very often. She surprised me by all the things that she does in a week’s time, she very works circles around me and I am her junior by 10 years, it does not seem to bother her that she has aged, she is happy with who and what she has become [ (Berger, 2011) ]. Her overall functioning is amazing; her stock and encephalon activity does not show any kind of slowing down on her part.\r\nWhen asked about her memories of what she did in the past the way she talked and relived them you would think that it happened yesterday, she is alert, and as come in recall, she may have some cognitive problems but I didn’t witness any during the interview. According to our book it states the brain slows down as we reach old age. The elderly does not think as fast as a younger person. When talking with her, she did not have to sit and think about what or how she was going to answer the question there was no hesitation, her recall did not seem to have slowed down at a ll (Berger, 2011).\r\nHer visual aspect has changed from the blond/brown hair blazon to a all white color. Her kowtow is a good color, although it does show some saging under the eyes. She doesn’t wear organization unless it’s some place infallible such as funerals etc. She is no more that 5’ 4” she is the shortess in our family and her weight for her size is right. She has no age spots, deep wrinkles, she also does not have the hump on her back like so many adults of her age. She wears reading provide when she reads but doesn’t require glasses. Her vision has not changed much over the years (Berger, 2011).\r\nHer hearing is the same and she says it is better than most of her friends. After looking over the temporal in our book she is very healthy for a 72 year old women. She keeps activity, excercises, eats the right food, gets enough rest she seems to be doing everything right. Any improvements on what she is doing are very few, maybe slowi ng down a bit might be in order, but that’s not likely she has always been this way. She doesn’t take on more than she can handle. She is doing very well on keeping as little stress out of her life as she can (Berger, 2011).\r\nTalking to her was enkindle and it was not as hard as I thought it might be. I am aware that not everyone will talk as freely as she did to me, but it was very imformative on finding out about someone by asking questions. Taking down the information and then writing it out. I noticed that while talking she was very relaxed, coat of arms to her sides or laying loosely in her lap. She also appeared open to the whole interview, everything about her was open and relaxed, at the time I wasn’t aware I had been ceremonial occasion her in this manner until I went to set down my notes. I did it without thinking. I hope to follow her inspiring example.\r\n'