Try: Reassure the cr that age-related vulnerabilities are normal they are accepted by other seniors as part of the aging process and many younger individuals as well most people understand age-related vulnerabilities and do not judge seniors who have to live with these issues share an embarrassing moment from your own life help the cr realize that individuals other than the elderly are susceptible to embarrassing moments encourage the cr to have a sense of humor about life life’s circumstances being able to laugh at yourself can make any uncomfortable situation a bit better as much as possible reinforce the things that the cr does well this will help establish a baseline of positive traits that can be used to help outweigh the vulnerabilities the cr identifies

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Categories: Communication, Emotional Psychological, Social

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Keywords: Embarrassment humor vulnerabilities

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed