Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBtp110868 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:55:51 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311155.f7VBtp110868@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from blount.mail.mindspring.net (blount.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.226]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f6NF4Cf23561 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:04:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from l1d9f0 (user-2ive2ok.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.11.20]) by blount.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA14054 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:04:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000d01c11386$82c24640$140bf7a5@l1d9f0> From: "Helen Osborne" <helen@healthliteracy.com> To: <nifl-health@nifl.gov> Subject: Communicating with older adults Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 10:48:16 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:55:51 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 1251 Lines: 28 Since you asked who's doing what in the area of communicating with older adults... I have spoken a number of times on this topic. Matter of fact, at the upcoming "Health Literacy Symposium" I will be leading a workshop about ways that health professionals and literacy specialists can work together to improve understanding with older adults. I also write about communicating with older adults. There's a chapter on this topic in my book, "Overcoming Communication Barriers in Patient Education." It includes facts/figures/frequently asked questions, communication strategies, a case example, and resources to learn more. I have also written articles including, " In Other Words.. Mind What You Say....Speaking With and Listening to Older Adults" in the June 2001 issue of "On Call" magazine, as well as "In Other Words...Literacy and the Older Adult" in the October 1999 issue of "On Call." You can access these resources via my Health Literacy Consulting web site at www.healthliteracy.com Glad you asked! ~Helen Helen Osborne, MEd., OTR/L President, Health Literacy Consulting Author, "Overcoming Communication Barriers in Patient Education" Phone: 508-653-1199 * Fax: 508-650-9492 mailto:Helen@healthliteracy.com http://www.healthliteracy.com
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