- Review major governmental policies and programs that relate to services for older adults and discuss the focus and impact of one selected policy.
- Collect information that describes your own community and its aging population.
- Survey the breadth and depth of resources needed to promote the quality of life for all who reside within a given community.
- Inventory and appraise the adequacy of resources within the environment of your own community to support a positive quality of life for its adult population.
- Assess the level of satisfaction with services as expressed by older adults and providers of care for older adults in your community.
This lesson addresses the following course objectives:
• Recognize the wide range of existing alternatives for delivery of health care to aging people and identify opportunities for development of additional services based on identified needs and societal trends.
• Identify some of the political, social, and economic issues important to health care systems as they deal with the needs of aging clients.
import_contactsReadings
• Quadagno, Chapters 14, 15, and 16
• Lesson 12 Lecture Notes
assignmentActivities & Assessments
Written Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to help you become more aware of the services for aging adults that are available in your community, and to encourage you to make direct contact with selected providers and consumers of these services. Of particular interest here is the recognition that basic services for all community residents are the backbone of what is needed by older adults as well.
Start with those basic elements of your community environment before going on to more specialized services designed solely for its older residents. Using this information, write a 5 page paper in which you:
- Describe your community as to location, geography, size, transportation, recreational, economic, cultural, and demographic characteristics, including the break-down of various age groups in the population.
- Conduct a survey of your community’s services, both general and specific to aging people. You may find it helpful to start with your
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