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The Link Between Hearing Loss🦻🏽and Dementia. Can Anything be Done to Help?🤔
#healthyaging #hearingloss #hearingaids #communication
🦻🏽HAVE YOU GOTTEN YOUR HEARING CHECKED?
🦻🏽Are you over 70 years and find that you don't hear as well as before?
🦻🏽Family Caregivers- is communication a battle of daily rounds of repetition and frustration?
Several reasons affect hearing with ageing, especially after age 65/70.
Yet, many still shy away - from pride, fear or other- in getting hearing tests done- very simple.
YET- it is so very important as the research is CLEAR that hearing loss affects Cognition, and contributes to progression of Dementia symptoms, leading to communication frustration, social withdrawal, depression and further isolation.
Sometimes it's just a matter of earwax impaction and professional cleaning leads to a whole new world of - MIRACULOUS HEARING!💃🏽🥳
🦻🏽 It is worth it to get checked!
🦻🏽SENIORS- Don't let pride get in the way!
✅Family Caregivers: think outside the box - when your loved one seems not to be hearing you, is repeating themselves, or seems confused when you speak.
✅ASK the doctor to check hearing- takes less than half hour- and the results can be gratifying!
💥💥Ageing is NOT a disease!!!!!
From my heart to yours 💗
Dr. Lana
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LLT 213: HOW Can We Communicate with Older Persons Whose Hearing Is Impaired? 🗣️🔊🧓🏽💓
#communication #hearingloss #agingscience #agingprocess #communicationskills #empathy #compassion
Hello to my special community!
Communication🗣️ , Cohesion💡, Collaboration🤝
Communication has often been called the life blood of relationships", and indeed , without real communication and connection, we can live in despair adding to the growing "pandemic of loneliness" despite the explosion in technology.
In other words:
Failure to Communicate can lead to disaster.
Here are some tried and true methods to better communication when speaking to an Older Person who has some hearing loss?
Remember : hearing aids, although invaluable , do not always address the hearing difficulties and may not be affordable, available or desirable for many Older Persons. SO WHAT TO DO?
Let's "give/be what we want to receive. "We start with love , empathy and compassion. Can't fail with those!! ❣️💯😊:
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🗣️🔊🧓🏽💓1/ Gently get their attention by a light tap on the shoulder and face them - do not startle!
🗣️🔊🧓🏽💓 2/ Face them directly so that they can use visual cues- (we do "hear" with our eyes; Make sure your hands do not block your face when speaking!
🗣️🔊🧓🏽💓 3/ Ensure adequate lighting so that your face is CLEARLY seen
🗣️🔊🧓🏽💓4/ Keep distractions to a minimum - TV, radio, loud traffic- reduce as much as possible!
🗣️🔊🧓🏽💓5/ Please :DON'T SHOUT!! - this distorts sound , making it harder to understand , and can also be misread as disrespectful
🗣️🔊🧓🏽💓6/ Speak at a steady pace- cadence is important in understanding what is said (and meant)
🗣️🔊🧓🏽💓7/ Similar to point 6, using GESTURES , tone and facial expressions what is said, and meant.
It's all about love , empathy and compassion.
Who can say no to that?😊💓
Good vibes!
From my heart to yours💗
Your "Geri-niece"
Dr. Lana
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