Mr. M is a 72 year old Caucasian male. He was born in Boston, MA and currently resides with his wife, Mary, in a small suburb, Randolph, MA, in a two-story colonial home. He is the son of Irish immigrants and is of completely Irish descent. Mr. M completed two years of art studies at Boston College before being drafted into the Vietnam War. After serving in the army, Mr. M had a life-long career in the Boston Gas Company until the age of 67, when he retired with a monthly pension. His wife is a retired home geriatric nurse and both have sufficient savings for retirement and own their home.
Mr. M was appropriately dressed in clean brown corduroy pants with a plaid flannel button down and undershirt. He had a Scally cap on and brown leather …show more content…
M said he sees loss as a “silver lining.” I followed up after his response with a question asking him to elaborate more on what he meant by a “silver lining.” He said that with any loss in life, whether it be a death or physical loss, you “will always have something there and always gain something new.” He believes that through our losses we learn and we gain more than we think we will, even if it does not seem that way in the beginning.
When asked what life was like for Mr. M at my age, 21, he thought for a second about where he was in that point in his life and a gloomy look came over him. He explained to me that when he was twenty-one he was serving the country in the Vietnam War overseas. Mr. M followed up his response by saying life was not very good for him at that point and that being overseas was miserable.
Mr. M states that he often feels discriminated against because he is an older adult. After trying to find the right words to explain it for a few minutes, he explained to me how he feels that individuals often do not want to associate with someone who is older. I asked him to give more information on the subject if he could and he said he feels people often do not want to listen to him or his opinion and that he is not relevant to him because of his age. Mr. M said this was very hard for him to understand because in the end he is no different than those who choose not to pay attention to him, other than by a
Mr. M was appropriately dressed in clean brown corduroy pants with a plaid flannel button down and undershirt. He had a Scally cap on and brown leather …show more content…
M said he sees loss as a “silver lining.” I followed up after his response with a question asking him to elaborate more on what he meant by a “silver lining.” He said that with any loss in life, whether it be a death or physical loss, you “will always have something there and always gain something new.” He believes that through our losses we learn and we gain more than we think we will, even if it does not seem that way in the beginning.
When asked what life was like for Mr. M at my age, 21, he thought for a second about where he was in that point in his life and a gloomy look came over him. He explained to me that when he was twenty-one he was serving the country in the Vietnam War overseas. Mr. M followed up his response by saying life was not very good for him at that point and that being overseas was miserable.
Mr. M states that he often feels discriminated against because he is an older adult. After trying to find the right words to explain it for a few minutes, he explained to me how he feels that individuals often do not want to associate with someone who is older. I asked him to give more information on the subject if he could and he said he feels people often do not want to listen to him or his opinion and that he is not relevant to him because of his age. Mr. M said this was very hard for him to understand because in the end he is no different than those who choose not to pay attention to him, other than by a