Sincere Support for the Aging Population
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Jun 14, 2018
By IBA Office
Helping "The Golden Years" Glimmer
Imagine
a big family all living together in a rustic villa in Siena, Italy. Dad
runs a shop in the day. Mom manages housework and kids. Auntie and
Uncle run errands, help with the shop and tend to the garden and
animals. Grandma, though widowed, helps in any way she can; some days
its feeding chickens, sometimes its making dinner, but her favorite task
is being babysitter to her grandkids. Eventually the kids grow up and
there are some changes in who lives under the same roof, but soon there
are four generations in the house and now grandma is a great-grandmother
and is still content and healthy and contributing to the family at 95
years old.
In an ideal world, this is the way our elders would age--living with and
continually engaging with their family, making their own special
contributions.
One of the major issues contributing to poor health in the elderly is
feelings of isolation. When grandma or grandpa live on their own, they
often find that their busy family has little time or thought for them.
If seniors are not motivated to help themselves and do not have a strong
network of close friends, feelings of isolation can quickly turn into
chronic depression. This lack of joy and of social connections often
leads to a host of illnesses and a far more rapid deterioration of the
body.
This is a critical situation that the non-elderly population needs to be
aware of. It is also a situation that can be remedied through support
strategies and energetic healing modalities like BodyTalk.
In
John Veltheim's upcoming short course, he will discuss both
recommendations for and treatment strategies in supporting the elderly.
While psychological health is an essential aspect of the course, other
important topics to be addressed include nutrition, physical
deterioration, and health conditions that are more common among aging
clients (e.g. circulation issues, dementia, Alzheimer's, osteoporosis,
sensory impairments, etc.). It is important to note that geriatric
clients need to be treated in an entirely different way than the general
population. Just like we treat infants and children from a different
perspective, there are unique considerations in working with seniors.
Every single one of us will have or already has elderly parents or
grandparents that will require some degree of our support and care. This
course is likely to inform you in ways you would have never considered.
It may very likely change not only the way you treat the aging members
in your family, but the way you interact with them, and the way you hope
to age.
Don't miss out on this one. Register now.
Addressing Elderly Issues
Tuesday, June 26, 2:00-3:30pm EDT
Course is in English and provides 2CEUs