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Article: Education prepares for the aging process.
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- Patient Education Management
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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Education prepares for the aging process
Addressing change improves quality of life
For successful aging, people need to know what to expect so they can prepare, says Sandra Fong, MS, administrator at Gramercy Court, a skilled nursing facility in Sacramento, CA.
Understanding the physical and psychological changes that often accompany aging helps the elderly as well as their family members take the maturing process in stride. People adjust throughout their lifetime to the stages of life; and if they look at the aging process in a positive manner rather than in a negative way, they will adjust better, Fong says.
For example, if ...