Dennis Fischman’s Reviews > How to Say It to Seniors: Closing the Communication Gap with Our Elders > Status Update

“Part of our legacy is what we lived and part of it is…what we admired.”

“full of life experiences and chronic conflicts that are outside of their developmental issues. These conflicts may relate to secret oaths of prior days; things that happened that they swore they would never forgive, forget, or reveal; hurts that they are unable to dismiss. The conflicts are part of who they are. We can’t assume that the developmental agenda is the only pressure they are responding to.”

“When we hear older adults disengage, we can be sure that we haven’t touched their legacy issue. Knowing a need exists is half the information battle. The other half is achieving real communication by using language that connects with their notion of who they are.”

“When we start to realize that we’re not going to be here forever, we become aware that it’s not clear what it meant to be here at all.”