An Elder Interview about the Aging Process and Health Care Essay

After spending an afternoon interviewing my elderly father-in-law, I gained insight into how he perceives the aging process and the equal on the quality of his life. First, and foremost he viewed aging in a very positive and healthy manner. He believes that a positive attitude assists in accepting physical and psychosocial changes and enjoyed the fact that he and his wife are both physically fit and cognitively alert. He felt confident that advances made in health care and the quality of their lives would continue to be empowering. He enjoys the benefits of being a senior citizen including discounted travel, free education, and other incentives marketed towards seniors. He expressed a gumption of well-being with respect to the numerous housing options geared towards the graying population, such as Retirement Villages, and assisted living. However, the subjects of Long Term Care, Social security reform and presidency involvement in health care reform were subjects he regarded with very strong negative emotions. During the interview these issues as related to his experiences with health care were discussed with dash and frustration.Ron is my father-in-law he is seventy-seven years young and lives in Smallville with his wife. They live independently in a sprawling 4,500 foot custom built cape fashion home. Ron was the oldest of three siblings and was raised in a farming town by his father who was a disabled war veteran in poor health and a feisty Italian mother. Ron had the opportunity to complete high school and receive the gift of learning to work with his hands as a cut across finish carpenter. He worked on many farms as a young boy during the summers of high school to help support his family he is no funny to working very ... ... a better understanding of what everyone needs especially the elders over the age of 65 living in the United States. As a nation we know it is time for reform, we will get involved and make our opinions count and cry out for access and affordable health care for all.ReferencesChait, Jonathan. (April, 1999). Countdown to mend The Great Social Security Debate. Washington Monthly. http//www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_4_31/ai_54367642/printMarshall, Will and Martin Schram. (1993) , Mandate for Change. New York Berkley Books.Reynolds, Sean.(2004). Privatization of Social Security. National Parliamentary Debate Workshop. Retrieved from http//www.willamette.edu/cla/rhetoric/ store/DebateResearch/shaunreed.docSpitzer-Resnick, Jeffrey.(1987), Your Real Medicare Handbook. Madison, Wisconsin Center for Public Representation.