Click on Intergenerational Connections. A new series of videotapes is available for CEDs and staff with 4-H program responsibilities. The nuts and bolts of 4-H policies, procedures, and operational guidelines are discussed in four brief videos. Order by number from the Staff Development Library. American families have by and large abandoned their older members.
Depression is a serious problem for older people.
The numbers of older people are growing. The vast majority of older people are self-sufficient. Mental confusion is an inevitable, incurable consequence of old age. Intelligence declines with age. If a person has been smoking for 30 or 40 years, it does no good to quit.