Interview With an Elderly Person

Aging and elderly people have long been dominated by negative features and conditions such as illness, depression, isolation (Eibach, Mock, & Courtney, 2010). At first glance, the words "success" and "aging" seem contradictory. When asking people about aging, there are many aspects of their answers that can be found in the definition of psychology: successful aging is a function of health, maturity and personal growth, self-acceptance, happiness, generation, coping and It can be seen as age related acceptance restriction matter

Medical interview for the elderly is time-consuming and complicated. Areas to be emphasized include medication history, non-lead symptoms, nutritional history, dental problems, visual and auditory, sleep disorders, falls, urinary incontinence and vaccination. Improving communication is essential for elderly interview.

The old man was mentioned more and more depressed. In the first interview, he first described economic difficulties, then proposed the development of recent medical problems, and finally was diagnosed with prostate cancer. When he began talking about cancer and wanted to give up, he remained silent. At this point in the interview, the clinician expresses his understanding that the patient seems overwhelmed by the accumulation of resources, the most important of which is medical reversal. The patient quietly nodded and detailed the particular concern of how his wife will live after her death. He does not think his child will help her. It is unclear whether his pessimism reflects an overreaction to depression in cancer diagnosis or an accurate assessment of prognosis. Further evaluation of his symptoms and mental status, and a brief discussion with his wife at the end of the meeting, the results show a good prognosis

In this interview, the data comes from elderly people in their 80s who used a semi-structured interview schedule that includes open-ended questions about daily living tools (IADL) and daily living activities (ADL). . Interview schedule provides opportunities for interviewers and respondents to solve problems in detail through appropriate exploration. In order to judge that a person can live independently at home and in the community, it is necessary to judge the basic activities of the individual on a daily basis. These activities are called daily living activities (ADL). According to PayingForSeniorCare (2007), ADL is only a standard for individual independence, whether or not these basic activities are carried out.