How to Say It to Seniors: Closing the Communication Gap with Our Elders
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $15.95
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Press
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Description
A practical guide to bridging the generation gap.
In How to Say It(r) to Seniors, geriatric psychology expert David Solie offers help in removing the typical communication blocks many experience with the elderly. By sharing his insights into the later stages of life, Solie helps in understanding the unique perspective of seniors, and provides the tools to relate to them.
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-09
Summary: "How to Say It Does!!!"
I just moved into a retirement community and am also dealing with getting my parents into one so this book was really important to me. I found it to be highly practical and easily readable. It is almost like a reference book in that I go back to it again and again. I liked it so much that I gave away several copies to friends who are also responsible for their elderly parents. They have all responded that it really taught them how to have the most fruitful and stress free interaction with the elders in their lives. It is also handy to help us appreciate what is happening for us as we age. I thought it was terrific - a bargain - and a treasure.
Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-06-08
Summary: "How to Say It To Seniors"
This book was written more for business and professional approaches to seniors that for day to day interactions with family. I found it very unsatisfactory and threw it away.
My husband's 94 year old mother has come to live with us. She is in very good physical condition and fair mental condition. We struggle with what we thought were normal ageing issues but the book provided no help to us.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-12-08
Summary: "A great guide"
This book has well-written and practical advice for communicating with seniors. Best of all, Solie explains the reasons we have difficulties communicating. I love the suggestions for tweaking the way we talk to seniors. It helped me understand why my mom perceives things differently than I do. I've tried several of Solie's suggestions with satisfactory results. I am amazed at Solie's insights into senior behavior and thought processes.
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Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2009-08-22
Summary: "Helpful"
Seemed like a magazine article stretched into a book. But helpful none the less.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2008-10-21
Summary: "A MUST read for anyone taking care of older parents"
Within the first 30 pages of reading this book, the way I viewed my aging parents and the manner of communicating with them from then on changed 180 degrees. I understood their viewpoints and what they were saying "inside" their conversations.
I ordered a copy for each of my siblings so we would all be on the same wavelength when dealing with issues concerning my parents in the future.
I have a LOT more fun with them now, I'm not working against them.