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Challenge from Eigil Holm - http://ideadox.com/users/eigilholm

Too many old people believe that their ability to learn new things
diminishes with age. It is only the case if you have not learned new things rather recently, or if you have got a disease.

How can we make old people believe that they can learn new things just as well as when they were young?

I don't say that it is easy. Difficult subjects are just as difficult for young as for old people.

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• Knowledge is both abstract and decontextualised; but also based on experience. Let old people and children return to ...
  Idea added Oct 10th, 2008 at 10:30 by Ingeborg | This idea is public
  1 challenge. 2 contributions.
• Make them forget that they used to be young
  Idea added Sep 28th, 2008 at 12:14 by tor | This idea is public
  1 challenge.
• Work with them slowly, repeat all the steps,let them write all the steps, be pationed and don´t forget to smile and k...
  Idea added Sep 26th, 2008 at 22:45 by lidalloyd2007 | This idea is public
  1 challenge.
• Pull them away from that big old ticking clock in their gloomy living room and out in the open air! Find ways to ligh...
  Idea added Sep 25th, 2008 at 14:20 by Joaquim Marquès Nielsen | This idea is public
  1 challenge.

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