Successful aging

Question 1

describe vital support

Answer 1

• engage with life, find something to do and enjoy it
• maintain relationships, invest in new ones
• stay connected to your community
• help the senior make good health a priority
• -> eating right, healthy weight, regular medical care, listen to their body and report changes, don’t smoke

Question 2

practice gratitude

Answer 2

• every one of their experiences has value (ask about them)
• success gives you pleasure
• failure helps you learn and grow
• gratitude finds meaning in both
• -> makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, vision for tomorrow

Question 3

compassion

Answer 3

• do unto others as you would have them do unto you
• known as the golden rule - is found in most religious teachings is some shape or form
• empathy, kindness, love?
• be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle

Question 4

Forgiveness

Answer 4

• your gift to others
• your choice
• the forgiven are sometimes not deserving
• don’t deny the wrong that has happened
• don’t justify the wrong that has happened
• doesn’t allow the person to repeat the wrong

Question 5

Why forgive

Answer 5

• improves your health
• -> blood pressure
• -> helps sleep
• -> stress levels drop
• -> enables you to fight off illnesses
• -> decreases risk of chronic disease
• -> helps control anger
• -> understand the other actions