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"This interesting, easy-to-read book provides a comprehensive framework for considering communication and aging in the context of biology, sociology, and psychology. This thought provoking book is strongly anti-ageist. It could serve as a broad overview for anyone interested in the myriad of issues related to communication and aging." —CHOICE“Understanding Communication and Aging achieves a nice balance between the facts of growing old, the social forces that shape that process, and the communication factors that connect these two domains. With attention to both research and everyday applications, the text is thorough and inviting. I am delighted that a user-friendly, undergraduate text has finally been produced in the field of communication and aging. This book deserves to be an instant and sustained success.”—Sandra Metts, Illinois State UniversityCovers the broad area of communication and older adulthood: The book examines key topics such as interpersonal and family relationships in old age, media portrayals of aging, cultural variations in intergenerational communication, and health communication in old age.Shatters the myths and stereotypes of aging: The book’s orientation and perspective is on “healthy” living and aging. This anti-ageist approach encourages readers to reexamine their views on aging and become fluent at defending and promoting an anti-ageist ideology.Provides concrete examples: While taking a theoretical approach, the book includes coverage of applied issues such as health communication and age-related prejudice and discrimination.
Enhancing Communication with Older Adults
Enhancing Communication with Older Adults
This chapter describes a variety of ways in which we can challenge and change negative representations of older adulthood, as well as challenging and changing some of the negative communication styles that have been described in the previous chapters. By doing this, communication with older people should be improved. By the end of this chapter you should be able to:
- Outline the basics of intergroup contact theory and the implications of that theory for attitudes toward older people
- Differentiate between modifying attitudes toward older people and modifying perceived variability of older people
- Describe the communication enhancement model
- Describe various response options to patronizing speech and the consequences on those options for evaluations of an older person
- Describe some forms of communication ...
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