Are you good with old people?

Depends on the mental clarity of an older person. I myself am 60 years old and have better mental agility than I did at 30 - fact. Better nutrition and life style I attribute to these factors. Old people are "old" because they agree to be old - I do not. Be kind, patient and gentle because one day you will be old too. sunnywaters

I do think that I am good with older people. The way I look at it is, alot of them are lonely and don't have alot to talk about, or they don't remember that they have already said something. They are set in their ways. They are afraid of the technologies, they sure have seen things go a long way. Just remember we will all be old someday, hopefully.

Well I am 50 so maybe you consider that old, - but even as a teenager I always got on great with older people. I love to talk to them and hear their stories about "the old days". They have lived through things and seen things that youngsters can only read about in books - they have so much knowledge to impart and interesting things to tell. OK - some of them are stubborn - buti fairness, this is probably because they have seen and heard things all before, and KNOW nore than a younger personcan ever do, about the possible reactions or results of taking certain actions. As a scholgirl, I did some work experience with older people- many of whom had lived through World War II and seen the Concentration Camps etc first hand - I loved to talk to them, and they loved to have someone to listen to them. I personally find it much harder and more difficult to talk to younger people, who think they know it all, when frankly they know nothing because they're not old enough to have experienced anything really. But maybe that's because I'm getting old too!!!

I love old people specially those who are good, coz there are few old man who really are fond of disrespecting young ones in terms of harassment. Though sometimes when I encountered old man or woman that I think need my help I am willing to help them anytime. I want to do this coz i always remember my parents and of course when I get old too, that if ever I need help I know that help will come to me.

I deal with several old people (in their 80's) within my midst, and I know how you feel. I can associate with all the things you have experienced, because I experience them too when dealing and interacting with them. You need a lot of tolerance, patience and understanding with them. Their faculties do not function with the same efficiency as younger people. They are slower in many respects, and their memory is usually poor. They easily forget things (sometimes their memory span can be minutes only) and they tend to repeat the same things over and over again, or they may ask the same questions repeatedly because they have forgotten that they had asked them earlier, or they had forgotten the answer given earlier. They also grew up at a time when technology wasn't so advanced, and many of the technology stuff available today are beyond them, like ATMs, handphones, PDAs, computers, internet and many of the current electronic gadgets used in the home. As their exposure to changes in their older years are limited, they tend to stick to the ways they are more familiar with, and so they would still be comfortable only with doing things the way they had been doing them in the past. This makes us interpret that they choose to be stubborn and not want to come to the realization that things have changed, and that their outmoded ways are not how things are done anymore in the modern world. Therefore we need to understand them, because one day when we get old, we will also behave this way whether we like it or not. If we accept this fact, we will learn to be tolerant towards them. Rather than trying to make them think the way we do, try instead to adapt to the way they think as older people, and we will learn to bond with them better. Our expectations of them will change, and we will feel less frustrated.

It is hard to accept new things,and more difficult to older.Everyone like living in their own world.Everything is familiar to them.That is best in their opinions.Communication is very important.Understand is necessary between different generations.Try our best to give our care to older.

You try to avoid old people you miss the hindsight of life-to be old means you have been around much longer here on this planet-there are stories you have in your hard disc whih the younger generation willnever know unless you pass it on orally or in a literature form. That explains why i love old people-those old but still not senile-ofcourse, you have nothing to extract from a senile old person. Once I met an old man-I bought him a glass of local brew and asked him to give me an account of on of the battles of the World War II he faught in Burma on side of the Brittish allied forces- I tell you, it was like a movie, and I thought it was a very enriching account, which many historical books had never covered-you can only avoid an old person at the expense of wisdom!

I try to be as much as I can. But I avoid being rude to them no matter what. If they got boring and annoying I make an excuse to go somewhere else so they can't annoy me with their being insistent. I know I'm not the perfect one and I had been rude to a few elderlies before and it wasn't a nice feeling at all.

Hello caesarin, I think I am good with old people and have no problems in dealing with them. I know what you mean by their stubbornness but I think thats just them being old they don't want being told what to do. I am a patient person and usually I would just listen to them when they talk and answer only when they ask me. Yes from listening to their stories we could learn a lot base on the experienced they had in their life. I remember years before me and friends used to visit a home for aged every six months. Whenever were just the old one's would get excited and just keep on talking telling stories. I think old people sometimes just long for someone they can talk to and listen to them. :-)

I love all old people!LOL.The stubberness,i think they earned it.I find it funny when someone contradicts me and has to give me their thoght and such.Its weird but,i find i get along with old people more than the people my age.I guess its because i was raised by my grand-parents since i was 1 year old and came to blend in with their kind and take their knowledge to heart.I feel sad when i see them getting old and it brings me more close to them.I love being around them and jut listening to their stories and thoughts on recent life hapenings.:):)

Oh I love old people. I usually encourage them to talk about their life, and they are usually happy to do so, and I'm happy to listen. My topic is not really that fun to talk about with them as they cannot relate to many things like internet, technologies, etc. But I really love them, and they are fun and full of wisdom if one only listens with their hearts :)

My problem with older people is I never know what to say to start a conversation. But I found that usually they just want to talk and can go off on quite a tangent all by themselves. They just need a warm body to listen to them, and I do enjoy their stories.

yes, nice and kind to everyone.....not just old people

I'm polite with them but I don't think they like me. I'm just too quiet for their taste. I think they want someone who'll amuse them.

Yes ofcouse i respect old people.Sometimes i got angry by their thinking but i control myself coz i do ndrstand that they are old and does not have much knowledge f today's generation and their thinking.So, i help them ndrstand calmly,its sometimes very difficult,if they donot ndrstand,then i leave the place,but never insult them.

i agree with you. i am lind to everyone.but sometime the old people make me crazy.but at that time i prefer slience

Most of the time but the other day I got in an argument with an old lady and ended up telling her that it's ok that she was old and stupid. That doesn't qualify as being good with old people does it? I was honest!