title: Storytelling as an educational strategy for older adults with chronic illness.
abstract: As the population of older adults with chronic illness continues to increase, it is imperative to implement patient education strategies that are designed to elicit information and help health practitioners understand the world of the older adult. This article describes how storytelling, grounded in the basic principles of gerogogy, serves as an effective teaching and learning patient education strategy for older adults with--or without--chronic disease.
authors.affiliation: College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.
authors.forename: Pamela R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Cangelosi
authors.forename: Jeanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sorrell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D003405:Creativity; D004645:Empathy; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011588:Psychology, Educational; D012660:Semantics; D013850:Thinking