Learning ResourcesNote: To access this week’s required library
Learning ResourcesNote: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.Required ReadingsZastrow, C. H., Kirst-Ashman, K. K. & Hessenauer, S. L. (2019). Understanding human behavior and the social environment (11th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.Chapter 1, ‘Introduction to Human Behavior and the Social Environment’ (pp. 12-13)Chapter 14, ‘Biological Aspects of Later Adulthood’ (pp. 642-671)Plummer, S. -B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S. M. (Eds.). (2014). Social work case studies: Foundation year. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].’Working With the Aging: The Case of Francine’ (pp. 39–41)Note: This text is available as an eBook (electronic book). It will be provided to you via an email from the Walden University book store.Bosma, H., Johnston, M., Cadell, S., Wainwright, W., Abernethy, N., Feron, A., & … Nelson, F. (2010). Creating social work competencies for practice in hospice palliative care. Palliative Medicine, 24(1), 79–87.Cagle, J. G., & Kovacs, P. J. (2009). Education: A complex and empowering social work intervention at the end of life. Health & Social Work, 34(1), 17–27.Nelson, T. D. (2016). Promoting healthy aging by confronting ageism. American Psychologist, 71(4), 276–282.Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.Reese, D. J. (2011). Interdisciplinary perceptions of the social work role in hospice: Building upon the classic Kulys and Davis study. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, 7(4), 383-406.Optional ResourcesUse the link below to access the MSW home page, which provides resources for your social work program.MSW home pageGuindon, S., & Cappeliez, P. (2010). Contributions of psychological well-being and social support to an integrative model of subjective health in later adulthood. Ageing International, 35(1), 38–60.Discussion: The Aging ProcessAs individuals grow older, they experience biological changes, but how they experience these changes varies considerably. Senescence, or the process of aging, ‘affects different people, and various parts of the body, at different rates’ (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2019, p. 644).What factors affect the aging process? Why do some individuals appear to age faster than others? In this Discussion you address these questions and consider how, you, as a social worker, might apply your understanding of the aging process to your work with older clients.To prepare for this Discussion, read ‘Working With the Aging: The Case of Francine’ in Social Work Case Studies: Foundation Year.By Day 3Post a Discussion in which you: Apply your understanding of the aging process to Francine’s case. How might Francine’s environment have influenced her aging process? How might you, as Francine’s social worker, apply your knowledge of the aging process to her case? Identify an additional strategy you might use to apply your knowledge of the aging process to social work practice with older clients in general. Explain why you would use the strategy.
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