Stages of Life Essay and Interview
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY: HLT-306V
APRIL 23RD ,2020
Stages of Life Essay and Interview
Interviewer: Having lived for 76 years, which stage of your life did you find difficult to cope with illness?
Interviewee: I have found my old age period being with a lot o...
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Stages of Life Essay and Interview
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY: HLT-
306V
APRIL 23RD ,2020
,STAGES OF LIFE ESSAY AND 2
INTERVIEW
Stages of Life Essay and Interview
Interviewer: Having lived for 76 years, which stage of your life did you find difficult to cope
with illness?
Interviewee: I have found my old age period being with a lot of challenges when coping with
diseases and illness as compared to when I was young.
Interviewer: Do you feel that your stage-of-life had any effect on your interaction with health
care professional?
Interviews: yes, because most of the health care profession are young and they seem to lack
patience especially during interrogation time they expected me to respond in a quick manner than
I could
Interviewer: Which areas of the hospital were most concerned with your well-being and feeling?
Interviewee: The ward section handled me with much care when I was resting in the hospital
bed. The bedside nurses were concerned and they made me feel comfortable
Interviewer: Was your family with you during this hospital stay or outpatient visit?
Interviewee: I was with my wife and daughter when I was coming to the hospital and thereafter
they left when I was taken to the ward, but they kept visiting me twice each day until I was
discharged
Interviewer: Was your family included in your treatment, such as post-procedure instruction?
Interviewee: My family was fully involved in each step of treatment and the patient education
sessions, and they were instructed on how to take care of me when we left the hospital.
Stages-of-life and The Influence of Age in Health Care from Patient’s
Perspective
, STAGES OF LIFE ESSAY AND 3
INTERVIEW
The various stages of life that one has to go through when he or she lives full life include
prenatal development, infancy and toddlerhood, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age
(Halaweh, Dahlin-Ivsnoff, Svantesson & Willen, 2018). The general life experiences one has
right from the prenatal development stage to old age vary even if a person is doing something.
People at various stages of life have different experiences in the treatment and healing process. A
sick child suffering from the same disease as an adult or an old man will have a different
experience during treatment because the child does not have to give an explanation of his or her
condition because in most cases the parents will talk on his or her behalf.
The old man I interviewed makes it clear that his experiences in sickness are different in
his old age as compared to when he was young. Due to old age, most of the patients have hearing
problems and they cannot express themselves as fast as they used to do. This drags the
interrogation process whereby most of them become frustrated and harassed if they do not get a
health care provider who will be patient enough to listen to them until they can completely
explain how they are feeling (Jackson, Hackett & Steptoe, 2019). If the old person cannot speak
out clearly, it becomes difficult to establish the problem and especially if there is no relative with
him or her to help explain, how his or her condition has been. Both the patient and the health
caregivers can end up feeling frustrated in the process.
As one continues to grow old, the immunity of the body increases but eventually begins
to diminish. The white blood cells and the leukocytes develop a defense against antigens thus
one acquires more antibodies to the germs he or she has defeated in the past (Jaul & Barron,
2017). Thus as one moves towards adulthood, they tend to get fewer colds than children. As one
continues to age, the number of white blood cells that can respond to new antigens decreases and
their functioning in general diminishes, thus when the older people encounter a new antigen, the
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