Ageism? The term made burst in laughter. She disdains the myth that older adults have a steadfast mindset and refuse to change their ways. Age does not come stubbornness, but the act of being stubborn is an innate and subjective action, she explained. She goes on to say that her grandson is stubborn and so was her mother and her daughters. Habits changed as a result of the person’s desire to change, she pointed. Age has nothing to do with investing time into his or her body or listening to medical advice. Further, she expressed older adults should receive additional resources. The aging population has paid their dues; they have worked their long hours, paid bills and more. It is not a waste to spend money on the aging population; they have worked hard to provide for the generations after.
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The home remedies she learned from her mother and grandmother was using senna, a home remedy form of laxative. Aloe Vera juice for rashes and skin breakouts and tea was used for colds and …show more content…
The conversation flowed pretty well and she was attentive and she requested more questions, she enjoyed the Q&A. Completing this interview was very daunting for me because earlier in the semester my grandmother passed away. I felt like I had no one to interview, and I did not want to interview anyone because my grandmother was the ideal person I wanted to interview for this assignment. But the interviewee reminded me so much of my grandmother, the stories, the laughs, and the emphases on family. Her love for family and keeping in contact with family no matter the distance was important for her to pass down to the other generations to follow. According to Spector (2014), an individual who keeps in contact with family, extended and immediate, is an individual who yearns to maintain cultural consistency (p. 82). The tradition of family and togetherness was the most important takeaway from this
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The home remedies she learned from her mother and grandmother was using senna, a home remedy form of laxative. Aloe Vera juice for rashes and skin breakouts and tea was used for colds and …show more content…
The conversation flowed pretty well and she was attentive and she requested more questions, she enjoyed the Q&A. Completing this interview was very daunting for me because earlier in the semester my grandmother passed away. I felt like I had no one to interview, and I did not want to interview anyone because my grandmother was the ideal person I wanted to interview for this assignment. But the interviewee reminded me so much of my grandmother, the stories, the laughs, and the emphases on family. Her love for family and keeping in contact with family no matter the distance was important for her to pass down to the other generations to follow. According to Spector (2014), an individual who keeps in contact with family, extended and immediate, is an individual who yearns to maintain cultural consistency (p. 82). The tradition of family and togetherness was the most important takeaway from this