Elder Observation
Sarah
Elder Visit #1
Today is September 18, 2011. It is Sunday around 8am and I decided to spend my morning visiting a lady named Patricia. I met Patricia one day when my husband was doing some renovation on a friend’s house. She came over to ask for help, ever since then we have kept in contact with her.
According to Hooyman and Kiyak, “Chronological aging is the definition of aging based on a person’s years lived from birth” (p.4. 2011). Patricia’s chronological age is 72. She has been living since 1939. We have a huge difference in chronological age. My chronological age is 25 and I have been living since 1986. Although this is the case, we still call each other friends. The minute Patricia opened the door; I noticed how tired …show more content…
This is when she changed her mood once again. She became very distraught. She lost her son when he was only 10 years old to leukemia. She decided to never have any other kids because the loss of her first and only child was just too much to bear. Patricia and her husband never tried for another. You could see the pain in Patricia’s eyes. She was hurting still, even after all these years. She would talk about all the things they did together and how they were just the perfect little family. She explained their decision to not have any more kids after her son’s …show more content…
She jumped up right away and began making her way to her room. She didn’t seem to be depressed anymore. When she returned, she had a box in her hand. Inside the box were pictures of her and her family. Patricia was digging through the box and taking out pictures. She was very excited about showing them off to me. After showing me a few pictures, we heard a knock at the door. Someone was there to pick her up for church. She apologized to me and told me she forgot all about church. She grabbed her purse and walked me out the door. We said our goodbyes and before she could make it to the vehicle, she realized she was still in her robe. She told the driver to wait a minute and went back inside. This is when I went into my car and drove
Elder Visit #1
Today is September 18, 2011. It is Sunday around 8am and I decided to spend my morning visiting a lady named Patricia. I met Patricia one day when my husband was doing some renovation on a friend’s house. She came over to ask for help, ever since then we have kept in contact with her.
According to Hooyman and Kiyak, “Chronological aging is the definition of aging based on a person’s years lived from birth” (p.4. 2011). Patricia’s chronological age is 72. She has been living since 1939. We have a huge difference in chronological age. My chronological age is 25 and I have been living since 1986. Although this is the case, we still call each other friends. The minute Patricia opened the door; I noticed how tired …show more content…
This is when she changed her mood once again. She became very distraught. She lost her son when he was only 10 years old to leukemia. She decided to never have any other kids because the loss of her first and only child was just too much to bear. Patricia and her husband never tried for another. You could see the pain in Patricia’s eyes. She was hurting still, even after all these years. She would talk about all the things they did together and how they were just the perfect little family. She explained their decision to not have any more kids after her son’s …show more content…
She jumped up right away and began making her way to her room. She didn’t seem to be depressed anymore. When she returned, she had a box in her hand. Inside the box were pictures of her and her family. Patricia was digging through the box and taking out pictures. She was very excited about showing them off to me. After showing me a few pictures, we heard a knock at the door. Someone was there to pick her up for church. She apologized to me and told me she forgot all about church. She grabbed her purse and walked me out the door. We said our goodbyes and before she could make it to the vehicle, she realized she was still in her robe. She told the driver to wait a minute and went back inside. This is when I went into my car and drove