Please answer 12 of the following questions as if you were interviewing a person over 75 who lives in America with as much detail as possible do not give name use complete sentences
When and where were you born? Where did you grow up? If not in New Jersey, how old were you when you came to US or moved to NJ● What was the house (apartment, farm, etc.) that you grew up in like? How many rooms? Bathrooms? Did it have electricity? Indoor plumbing? Telephones? How many people lived with you?● What is your earliest childhood memory?● What kind of games did you play growing up? Who did you play with? Where?● What was school like for you as a child? What were your best and worst subjects? Where did you attend grade school? What was your highest level of education? What determined when you finished school● Do you remember any fads from your youth? Popular hairstyles? Clothes? Music? What were your favorites?● What world events had the most impact on you while you were growing up? Did any of them personally affect your family?● Describe a typical family dinner. Did you all eat together as a family? Who did the cooking? What were your favorite foods? Do you still eat those foods?● How is the world today different from what it was like when you were a child?
● Who was the oldest relative you remember as a child? What do you remember about them?● What stories have come down to you about your parents? Grandparents? More distant ancestors?● Have any recipes been passed down to you from family members?● Are there any special heirlooms, photos, bibles or other memorabilia that have been passed down in your family?● What was your profession and how did you choose it? If you could have had any other profession what would it have been? Why wasn’t it your first choice?● Of all the things you learned from your parents, which do you feel was the most valuable?● What accomplishments were you the proudest of?● What is the one thing you most want people to remember about you?These are more specific questions that you might also like to ask any of these additional questions. ● Housinga. How long have you lived in your current homeb. If you made a recent change, whyc. Will your home be accessible as you get older or do you think you will need to move?Do you have stairs in your home – grab barsd. Do you anticipate this changing as you get oldere. What changes would help you to stay in your home● Eldercarea. Are you currently involved in any eldercare?o Who do you rely on for care-friends, family, paidb. What things do you need help with nowc. What do you anticipate you might need help with in the futured. How will you pay for it● Nutritiona. What do you like to eat-what do you typically eat for Breakfast-lunch-dinnerb. Has this changed as you got olderc. Do you cook – what do you like to cookd. Do you think you get the right nutrition
e. What if anything prevents you from eating what you wantf. How do you get your groceriesg. Do you have any dental issues that interfere with your eatingh. Are you on any kind of special diet● Retirementa. Are you retired – what age did you, or will youb. What were your reasons for retiringc. What was your job before you retiredd. What do you do now that you couldn’t do beforee. What activities do you participate inf. Who do you interact with – family, friends, former co-workers● Transportationa. Do you driveb. If not – why not, what were the reasons you stopped drivingc. Do you use buses – are there any problems you have with bus schedules or routesd. Does your town have senior citizens transportation – have you ever used it – why/why note. How do you get to doctor-store-friends?f. Are there places you would like to go, but can’t because of no way to get thereg. Are there cabs where you live – do you feel you can afford to take cabs
