Is "understanding priorities" the major challenge of a senior citizen?

Question

By the age of 70 most senior citizens loose the ability to understand what is important in life, what is less important and what is unimportant. They tend to concentrate on stupid tiny issues and ignore big, important issues. My friends's grandmother would just blabber endlessly about trifle things the whole day. What to do about it?

In my opinion, senior citizens should learn to destinguish between important and unimportant things in life. What do you think?

Answer 1

Not all senior citizens are that way. My parents are 84 and 73 and they don't have that problem. They understand their priorities very well. They do talk about the things that happened in the good old days and even what is going on now that they have heard about. In every case when I have been around a senior citizen, they tell some very good stories of when they were growing up. As far as "blabbering" endlessly about trifle things the whole day, I have heard younger folks doing that when they are upset about something. What may be trifle to one person may not be to the next person.

Answer 2

What's important to one person may not be a priority to another. Maybe the things this grandmother talks about are important to her. One of the major challenges seniors have to overcome is when people think they are now useless. They're people who have taken all life has thrown at them and survived it. Seniors are individual people who laugh, love, remember, learn, and add much to this world. If you get to know some seniors and give them the respect they deserve, you might find out just how much you can learn from them.

Answer 3

Where in the world did you get your information regarding what is important in life to a 70 year old?

For your information, the vast majority of Seniors have lived this life and found out where the priorities are and continue to practice capable discernment in their daily lives.

What do I think? I think that next time you make a statement like this, you need to know what you're talking about.

Answer 4

Your friend's grandmother was not elected and held up as the poster child of what a typical 70 year old is like. She sound like she has dementia. Many---if not most---70 years have a clear understanding of priorities and what is important and I'd bet compassion for others would be high on the list for the vast majority of them.

Answer 5

I think you need to look at some very good studies about Senior citizens and get your facts straight.
How do you know what are priorities for someone else?

Answer 6

I think that being able to distinguish these things are a part of growing up. I would hope that this happens long before we are seniors. Some people never get their priorities in order. Some people mature only in age not character.

Answer 7

I don't find that true at all unless they are suffering from some mental disorder. My mother is 79 (soon to be 80) and she doesn't concentrate on unimportant things. Granted she is not interested in a lot of the going on in the world today, but she seems to be perfectly content. I do wish she would want to get involve in some outside activity but this is the life she wants at this time of her life. Getting up, eating and watching TV. No hobbies. I am the one that gets her out of the house.

Answer 8

I'm not fond of big cities, but I'll go for San Francisco for the beauty of the bridge, the interesting variety of people, the beauty & restfulness of Golden Gate Park, the art museums, & the restaurants, especially small ones. I also liked the huge art museum in Kansas City as well as the big railroad station with thoughts of that old movie, The Harvey Girls (I think that's the title) & the song, The Atchison, Topeka, & the Santa Fe.

Answer 9

What a ridiculous statement to make. You generalize all senior citizens based on your limited experience with one senior who may very well have health issues. You base your insulting comment on what is apparently limited life experience. Wait till the issues of seniors hits closer to home. Wait till you're old enough to begin dealing with those same issues. We have our priorities straight, you apparently don't.

Answer 10

That would be like me saying that youner people are lazy and cannot seem to focus and find direction in their lives of knowing what career path they will take if any.And, they don't actively participate on any issues that affect them or their futures, but just want to sit around and point fingers.Why should you have to worry about your friend's grandmother? Take care of yourself and quit being so judgemental. Remember, it works two ways.