Title: Identify common characteristics of older adults.
Course: Family and Human Services I (19999-I) > Section: Understanding Supports for Older Adults

Identification should include

- changing physical abilities (e.g., strength and mobility)
- changing activities of daily living (ADL)
- changing support needs
- physical and mental health needs
- transfer trauma
- social issues (e.g., digital divide, isolation, hunger, transportation)
- financial concerns.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How could one evaluate the social concerns of older adults?

Communication

- How can providers create a safe space for clients to express their changing needs?

Leadership

- How should changes in support needs of clients be handled sensitively?

Management

- What are some repercussions of overgeneralizing a client’s characteristics?