Unit 1 You and Others 24
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1. What are some needs of older adults? How are these different from a
younger person’s needs? How are they the same?
2. How can younger family members help older adults feel useful and
wanted?
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• Families vary in size. They include people from different generations.
• Family members need to support one another.
• Family types describe the makeup of a family.
• Parents care for, and are responsible for, the growth and development of
their children.
• It is important that parents and children talk to one another about how they feel.
• Brothers and sisters sometimes have disagreements and tease one another.
Learning to get along depends on caring for and respecting one another.
• Older adults need to feel useful and loved. They also need to be
independent, healthy, and respected. At times, however, older adults may
need help taking care of themselves.
This older couple enjoys babysitting for their grandchildren.
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