Assignment Details

Have a 20-25 slide PowerPoint presentation that identifies, describes, and gives examples of one of the following:

1. retirement
2. parenting or grand-parenting in the older years
3. seniors caring for senior parents (this needs to be focused on adults 65 and over that are still caring for their adult children or raising their grandchildren)
4. growing older with a major health issue

In your slides, you should include theory, current research, and the implications for the human services professional. Your final slide should list your references. For this assignment, keep in mind that you will use this same information for your Final Assignment. Your discussions from this assignment will be expanded as you explore additional issues and apply information from readings, posts, interviews, and other course activities to design an optimum living situation for the elderly. Your assignment will include the following parts:

• As you address your topic, you must include theory, current research, and the implications for the human service professional.
• Incorporates one developmental theory (from chapter 4) to help explain the physical and psychological changes that relate to the selected topic. Here, you want to describe, in general, how the changes you discussed above coincide with one of the developmental theories you have discussed. How does the theory explain the changes related to the topic you chose? Relative to the selected topic: identifies and describes the significant physical changes associated with aging (strength, senses, perceptive abilities, health etc.) - In this section, it is important to consider what physical changes occur in regard to the topic. For example, if you choose retirement, what physical changes occur in retirement that makes it difficult to function? You will need to choose three physical changes for this section.
• Relative to the selected topic: identifies and describes the significant psychological changes associated with aging (cognition, memory, personality, emotion, etc.) - In this section, you will do the same but in regard to psychological changes. For example, if you choose seniors caring for senior parents, what psychological issues may occur? You will need to choose three physical changes for this section.
• Relative to the selected topic: summarizes how the changes discussed above impact factors such as cognitive function, health, independence, economics, family relationships, and social interactions. For example, you can discuss how a psychological change may impact cognitive function and how a physical issue impacts social interactions.
• Based on your findings, what did you find to be true about your topic in aging versus the perceptions and misconceptions society has about older adults?
• Suggests interventions that might decrease problems associated with aging. Gives specific examples to illustrate each intervention and explain how it could be used in a professional role working with the elderly and their families. It is important to discuss interventions that directly relate to the physical and psychological issues you discussed. For example, if you chose retirement, what interventions will you use to overcome the physical or psychological issues related to retirement?
• As you address your topic, you must include theory, current research, and the implications for the human service professional.
• It is not necessary to elaborate extensively on each slide. However, you will want to list each issue and discuss them thoroughly enough for an audience to gain understanding.
• The requirement is 20-25 slides, which includes an introduction slide and a reference slide.