Post a comparison of your culture's perspective on aging to the perspectives of the two cultures you researched. Explain why you think these differences exist. Also, explain how different perspectives on aging might impact social work practice.
Identify three agencies in your local community that support individuals in later adulthood. Provide an overview of the services each provides. Identify the service gaps you notice. Explain how to improve existing services to address these gaps. Describe...
How does health care around the globe compare with what we have in the US? This video illustrates some of the differences. How can a person from a third world country protect himself? Population Health https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9SWRByzDSo
Health Care in the United States Watch this video from the Crash Course Sociology Site via YouTube.#42 Health and Medicine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NGlENS1qgo Did you learn anything about our health care system that stood out?
Ethical Issues Surrounding Death When is a person dead? How do we define death? Do people have a right to die? This issue becomes convoluted when attempting to revive a person or artificially sustain them. Death is, legally speaking, an irreversible state...
Hospice Myths. I found this article about Hospice Myths. https://www.agingcare.com/articles/common-hospice-myths-151476.htm Can you think of other things people think about hospice that turn out to not be true? Can you suggest other links? How can we...
