Help their "Aging into Childhood"

So truly said and the similarities become striking as they grow past say 80 years and more. We surely need to learn to be more patient with them. Of course, it may never be as easy to feel the same way about the old person as about a baby, for the simple reason that the baby is innocent, has never hurt us in our living memory, it is growing up and brings us hope which makes it easier to be patient.

 

Dear Ramya,
Excellent one.
The title itself...Aging into childhood itself is so good. In our life time we have to deal with 2 year old kid and 80+ he/she and sometimes simultaneously. Let us teach 2 year old good habits, good values etc etc and treat 80+ with love and compassion and putting ourselves in their shoes. Let us not judge the 80+..what they have done or not done. They are at the end of the road. Otherwise we would be going on guilt trip forever after they have gone.
Syamala

 

Excellent post, thanks for sharing with us...

 

Dear Ramya,

Child-like qualities are what the learned people propose for everyone to have a better quality of life! Most elders have, a lot of isolation, mental and physical sickness, inability to catch up with where the world is going, memory losses (both short-term and long-term), no intention to stay on healthy and be a burden to their children, etc. A healthy relationship the mid-aged people build with their parents would give them more confidence. They identify well with their grandchildren as they are innocent and those grandchildren never judge any grandfathers/grandmothers.

Your conclusion is great. We have to treat the elders as a child and give them all comfort possible. Most importantly, we need to talk to them a lot to keep their interest in life alive. Quality time has to be spent with them.

Viswa

 

Dear Ramya,
Very apt title.It is great that you have realised the value of both on equal measures.Today many geriatricians have written books on 'Ageing Gracefully'.Yet no remedies for the natural process of deterioration of human lives.Though contemptual treatment of senior citizens is visible on oneside, we see positive signs of empathy and sympathy growing simultaneously.

Jayasala 42

 

Dear Ramya,
my MIL use to say once people have crossed 60, they should be treated as child only. They dont know what they are saying. i have all 4 generations at home. my grand FIL (90 years old), my FIL (60), my hubby (33) and my son (5)..at the time of frustration, we use to say junior most and senior most are troubling a lot..
1. both dont listen to us. But they want us to listen to them..
2. Sometimes feel both expect love and nothing else from us..
3. Both needs care & attention whenever they feel like they want it desperately
4. Both has to be pacified to eat nutritious things
5. Both dont trust us . they will crosscheck the thing we do for them thrice sometimes several times..
6. Both argue that only they are right.
these are few examples I am undergoing everyday..
main point is we enjoy when our kids does all this thing but annoyed when old people do..Thats where i feel, we need to show our maturity.. It has to be understood not classify them by age but unite them by their nature..Both are kids..