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Essay / Older Adults: Challenges of Older Adults - 771
Poor behavioral habits begin to take a toll on people as they begin to become older adults. Older people have often built diets throughout their lives. This means that as a future exercise scientist, if this diet does not contain physical activity, it will be very difficult for me to try to get them to participate. Older people often don't listen to the advice of younger people because they think they have more knowledge and experience. In some cultures, it is often considered disrespectful for younger people to give advice to older people. Given Australia's multicultural base, this might be difficult if I were dealing with an older citizen who follows that culture. Trying to ask this senior to completely change their lifestyle to be able to exercise could be a difficult process because of how the senior interprets my request. Personally, I won't be able to establish a relationship because I wasn't able to become an "old person" until I reached that age, so the ability to establish a relationship becomes quite difficult and creates a barrier between the patient and