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Overview: Professionals call it elderspeak, the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people: the doctor who talks to their child rather than to them about their health; the store clerk who assumes that an older person does not know how to work a computer, or needs to be addressed slowly or in a loud voice.
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Overview: Professionals call it elderspeak, the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people: the doctor who talks to their child rather than to them about their health; the store clerk who assumes that an older person does not know how to work a computer, or needs to be addressed slowly or in a loud voice.
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Overview: Professionals call it elderspeak, the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people: the doctor who talks to their child rather than to them about their health; the store clerk who assumes that an older person does not know how to work a computer, or needs to be addressed slowly or in a loud voice.
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The first, reported October 6 in the New York Times, addressed "elderspeak" - a belittling form of address commonly used with older people, such as "sweetie," "dear," and "young lady," as well as speaking loudly to elderly people, and discussing them with someone else in their presence.
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Researchers have now concluded that "elderspeak" sends messages that the person being addressed is incompetent, has difficulty hearing and/or understanding, is childlike and dependent.
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Harmful "elderspeak" addressed in recent Yale study. '
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What "elderspeak" does is it fills interactions with tiny burst of negativity, reinforcing the overall idea that aging is bad.
About.com Longevity 2008
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What "elderspeak" does is it fills interactions with tiny burst of negativity, reinforcing the overall idea that aging is bad.
About.com Longevity 2008
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If you have experienced "elderspeak" use the comments link below to tell your story.
About.com Longevity 2008
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It seems that everyone from bank tellers to healthcare workers may use "elderspeak".
About.com Longevity 2008
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