Exploring Older Adulthood

Option 1

Using what you have learned from the textbook chapter and videos, write a 2-3 page essay exploring the ways in which ageism is present in our society, specifically in the job or career that you are working towards. Please answer the following questions:

What job, career, or industry are you studying for?

In what ways do older adults participate in those fields, either as workers, managers, or as consumers (patients, clients, costumers, etc.)?

What areas of possible discrimination do you see?

Think about accessibility of physical spaces, as well as how elders are treated by employers, employees, customers, or others in our society.

1. If you are genuinely unable to see real discrimination in your job, think about how it might show up in other similar workplaces.

What do you think are the psychological effects that would be experienced by older adults or elders who face this discrimination?

1. After reading the textbook and watching the videos, what is one piece of advice you would offer people in power in your job, career, or industry to improve how elders or older adults are treated?

Please use a minimum of 3 concepts or theories discussed in the readings to support your arguments. Please highlight or bold the name of the theories or concepts.

1. Option 2

Using what you have learned from the textbook chapter and videos, imagine that you are training others in your profession to work with people who are terminally ill (dying). 

• Write a 2-3 page training guide advising your students/colleagues about how to work most effectively with those individuals. Areas you might consider writing about:
• What should someone expect to see in the person they are working with?

Are there particular issues or concerns that someone should be aware of?

1. Would their approach with the individual differ from the approach with family members?

What are things that they should think about?

1. What should they know or be aware of?

What are things that they would want to communicate to their clients or patients?

1. Please use a minimum of 3 concepts or theories discussed in the readings to support your arguments. Please highlight or bold the name of the theories or concepts.