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Seniors are some of the greatest treasures a country has. They're a living passport into another age, and incredibly fascinating to listen to. When you stretch
by ConradMcK 7y ago
Seniors are some of the greatest treasures a country has. They're a living passport into another age, and incredibly fascinating to listen to.
When you stretch out the timescale, the importance of things changes.
90 years is a long time. My grandfather is 96. The Nazi's kicked him out of Vienna in 1938. A lifetime of lessons, of loss, of disappointment, of excitement, of calm, of contribution.
One of the more exciting recent trends in healthcare (in my opinion) is the emerging focus on holistic quality of life for seniors as they age and move through their healthcare transitions. A person is more than just their physical health; we have emotional, spiritual, intellectual, creative, vocational, and environmental health needs as well.
Considering and incorporating those ideas into how we, as a country, take care of our seniors is incredibly important and impactful.
I echo briandear, thank you to the person who linked these tweets.
Note: USA perspective
- sosuke 7y agoWow 96, what an amazing grandfather to have! I hope to survive as long but it seems the my grandparents generation can't make it past 80. So much so that my nephew thought when you hit 77 you died and that was how life worked.