Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id SAA11133; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 18:41:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 18:41:55 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <40.404e9732.25abc6ec@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: G4DNeri@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:2118] Re: demeaning to "seniors"? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 147 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Status: OR In a message dated 1/10/0 5:27:10 PM, CPGarzona@aol.com writes: << Dear folks, Is it only me -- or does anyone else feel that games like health Bingo are demeaning to use with a lot of "seniors." Yeah, yeah...I know that many "seniors" play Bingo, but geeeeeze... Would anyone like to discuss this sensitive issue? One of my big complaints about "health educators" is that they're always reducing everything down to third-grade level -- whether they need to or not. Most health promotion materials for adults look like they belong on elementary school bulletin boards! I just saw the movie "10" again. There is a classic scene with a dental hygienist telling Dudley Moore in a singsongy voice, "Naughty, naughty, naughty! Brushy, brushy, brushy! We know that we should brushy brushy, don't we?" Thanks in advance for the discussion. cpg >> Actually, before I became a nurse/now nurse practitioner and health educator, I would have thought the same thing. But guess what!? I saw how much both college students and a group of seniors enjoyed boring review of rather dry material turned into something fun and interactive, with prizes too! Who doesn't like prizes! I think a lot of what makes something like this work lies in how you present it. These folks I'm developing this game for have a great relationship with me, and I am very respectful of them and not at all patronizing, so I'm sure the game idea will go over very well. They will take it in the spirit in which it is intended, and we'll all have a great time. I think I'm gonna try Jeopardy this time, and personally, I'm looking forward to playing Alex Trebec! Thanks for helping us think about this sort of thing consciously though! Donna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Donna Bain Neri, MSN, FNP-C Family & Community Health Nurse Practitioner Healing Touch Practitioner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clinical Consultant & Health Educator Rural Health Outreach Program Nelson County, Virginia, USA W: (804) 263-4858 Fax: (804) 263-4160 g4dneri@aol.com or rhopdn@ceva.net
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