The wrap up

This semester I have learned that the elderly are as I have always thought are the corner stone of our culture. They are able to share their wealth of experience and it is our job to help them and assist them. I admire the people that are able to work with them, in the past I have never understood the elderly and their often stubbornness. Now I see that we as a culture need to support them and care for them. Two days ago a fellow counselor said to me no way in hell could he work with the elderly that he admire that I was able to work with the elderly that were schizophrenic. While yes I admit in the past I avoided them like they had the plague. I have come to a new understanding and see that you often have to repeat, repeat, listen and repeat.