Increase dialogue between aging and refugee service organizations and address depression in elderly refugees¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

As continuing needs, the digest recommends a beginning dialog between the aging and refugee service organizations, noting "There is much the two fields canlearn from each other", and the development of demonstration projects that can be adapted and replicated. It also raises identification and use of anti-depressive drugs, noting refugees may be reluctant to see a physician.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Sharing what works is a first step, and developing effective demonstration projectswhich can then be adapted and replicated is another.

Constraints¶

• Modern seratonin uptake inhibiting drugs such as Prozac, Zo loft, or Paxil have to be monitored, and refugees maybe reluctant to go to a physician when there seems little reason to do so.

Target Learners¶

• elderly refugees with depression affecting language learning

Target Learning Goals¶

• creating conditions (energy, outlook, coordinated services) that support language learning

Related Strategies¶

• Embed grammar and vocabulary in situations refugees will encounter, and design instruction that acknowledges age

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Grognet, Allene Guss. (1997). Elderly Refugees and Language Learning. Center for Applied Linguistics. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED416721