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| How to Say It to Seniors: Closing the Communication Gap with Our Elders | 
 enlarge | Author: David Solie
Publisher: Prentice Hall Press
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 32335
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0735203806
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.26
EAN: 9780735203808
ASIN: 0735203806
Publication Date: September 7, 2004
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Product Description
A practical guide to bridging the generation gap.
In How to Say It(r) to Seniors, geriatric psychology expert David Solie offers help in removing the typical communication blocks many experience with the elderly. By sharing his insights into the later stages of life, Solie helps in understanding the unique perspective of seniors, and provides the tools to relate to them.
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 A MUST read for anyone taking care of older parents October 21, 2008
Within the first 30 pages of reading this book, the way I viewed my aging parents and the manner of communicating with them from then on changed 180 degrees. I understood their viewpoints and what they were saying "inside" their conversations.
I ordered a copy for each of my siblings so we would all be on the same wavelength when dealing with issues concerning my parents in the future.
I have a LOT more fun with them now, I'm not working against them.
How To Say It To Seniors September 16, 2008
Sheds light on why it can be so hard, and frustrating, to talk with our parents and other seniors and, offers recommendations for overcoming communication barriers - theirs and ours.
 "Seniorese" as a Foreign Language May 25, 2008
I had been feeling as if my 89 year old father was from a different planet than I, one where he spoke a language I did not understand (I called it Oldmanistan). After reading Mr. Solie's book, I was able to learn to speak some of that language and developed a greater understanding of what was motivating some of his talk and behavior. Although it doesn't resolve the feelings I have regarding his decline and the loss I feel, (that would be a topic for another book), it is extremely helpful in guiding us boomers through the unfamiliar terrain of the elderly.
 How to Say it To SEniors March 28, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Some good ideas but often couched in cliches and occasional jargon. I suppose like any self-help book, if you pick up one or two new approaches to communication, it's worth the money. I think it could be organized for quicker reference. It approaches the Dr. Spock model of reference but isn't as comprehensive. And, finally, it's more helpful than the majority of "So your parents are elderly" texts, but still doesn't quite hit the mark.
Peace be With You September 6, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
By profession I am an estate planner. I have ushered both parents from this earth after confronting their very real crises in their search for answers in what their limited future would hold for them.
Mr. Solie addresses our frustrations in communicating with the elderly. I am embarassed at my annoyance with my parents for what was their pain. A pain I could not feel because I did not understand.
Mr. Solie's concept is simple: Our "problem" with seniors and their quirks is their search for a peace of mind at life's end. This revelation elevates an obligation of a child in putting up with "irrational" seniors to the act of offering them a path to mental balance. Put this way, the relationship approaches being a holy task.
More than this, understanding Mr. Solie's insight, offers all of us a guide to our own search for meaning in lives that often turned out much different than we thought they would.
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