Have you noticed the following descriptions of decision-making in your parent or senior family member?

Tendency to make quick decisions when it really need to be thought through
Tendency to Make decisions based on how you feel, emotions, and gut feeling
Using Rules of thumb for decision-making

In this video lesson, you will learn about the following topics and lesson objectives to help provide care giving to your senior parent or family member:
Cognitive Domain
1.1 Understanding: Describe the common behaviors of the Automatic Decision-Making System, such as habitual routines, perseveration, and black-and-white thinking, and explain why these behaviors involve minimal mental effort, particularly when performing repetitive tasks, due to age-related reliance on established neural pathways.1.2 List examples of quick, intuitive, or habitual decisions from personal experiences that illustrate the Automatic Decision-Making System at work, such as choosing familiar foods or sticking to a consistent daily schedule.
Affective Domain
2.1 Responding: Show interest in observing personal tendencies toward quick, intuitive decisions by engaging in class discussions and reflecting on common automatic behaviors, particularly those shaped by routines developed over decades.2.2 Valuing: Express the importance of recognizing automatic decision-making behaviors and describe how understanding these patterns can benefit or challenge deliberate decision-making, especially when adapting to new situations or needs.
Psychomotor Domain
3.1 Observe and record instances of automatic decision-making behaviors, such as reliance on established routines or using heuristics, within daily activities (e.g., choosing a route for a daily walk or preparing meals in the same way).3.2 Practice deliberately interrupting an automatic behavior, such as varying the sequence of a morning routine or trying a new activity, to gain awareness of subconscious decision patterns and how they might impact the ability...