Caring for Senior Citizens: Communicating with the Elderly
Caring for Senior Citizens: Communicating with the Elderly
One of the tools that senior citizens are most reluctant to use are hearing aids. They will accept eyeglasses, medications, dentures and sometimes even Depends before they will admit to needing one or more hearing aids. Here are skills to employ when communicating with an elderly person.
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