Biopsychosocial Interview: My Grandmother's Life
Mary is my eighty-six years old grandmother that lives in Seal Beach, California. She has so far lived a full life and even with her age she is still a very intelligent and strong woman. Later adulthood the longest segment of the life span, starts at age sixty-five. In my grandmother’s case she is in the old-old age category which starts at the age of seventy-five. In the interview the questions focused on three specific aspects including: Physical development, social development and biological development. Each aspect deals with a certain part of a human’s life but as life goes on these aspects can change dramatically. Physical development is the first aspect that is noticeably changing. The physical change includes appearance, strength and endurance. Physical development also is the
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My grandmother lives in a retirement home called Leisure World, which is a community for people fifty-five years and older. She pays for her own housing and has the independence to do what she wants with no schedule that she has to follow. She believes that nursing homes are “the worst place to be” and the nurses are abusive and neglect the patients (M. Flaherty, personal communication, September 28, 2013). Because she has so much independence she has a lot of time on her hands to do what she wants. She likes to go out with friends and socialize at the theater or at social gatherings. She enjoys reading tons of books and watch TV occasionally. She likes to play with technology including her computer and I pad that she is still learning how to use. Mary Flaherty doesn’t miss working but she does miss the income that she was given. The social security checks that she is given are barely enough for her to afford her living expenses. Older people are seen as useless to the development of society instead of the wisdom and experience that they
My grandmother lives in a retirement home called Leisure World, which is a community for people fifty-five years and older. She pays for her own housing and has the independence to do what she wants with no schedule that she has to follow. She believes that nursing homes are “the worst place to be” and the nurses are abusive and neglect the patients (M. Flaherty, personal communication, September 28, 2013). Because she has so much independence she has a lot of time on her hands to do what she wants. She likes to go out with friends and socialize at the theater or at social gatherings. She enjoys reading tons of books and watch TV occasionally. She likes to play with technology including her computer and I pad that she is still learning how to use. Mary Flaherty doesn’t miss working but she does miss the income that she was given. The social security checks that she is given are barely enough for her to afford her living expenses. Older people are seen as useless to the development of society instead of the wisdom and experience that they