Week 8 Sociological Aspects of Later Adulthood Resources Readings Zastrow C H Kirst Ashman K 2023
Week 8
Sociological Aspects of Later Adulthood
Resources
Readings
• Zastrow, C. H., & Kirst-Ashman, K. K. (2016). Understanding human behavior and the social environment (10th
ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
o Chapter 16, “Sociological Aspects of Later Adulthood” (pp. 715-740)
Optional Resources
• Tucker-Seeley, R. D., Li, Y., Sorensen, G., & Subramanian, S. V. (2011). Lifecourse socioeconomic circumstances and multimorbidity among older adults. BMC Public Health, 11(4), 313–321.
Assignment
Community Resources for Older Individuals
Submit by Day 7 a 2- to 4-page paper that includes the following:
A description of the services in your local community that
support individuals in later adulthood
An evaluation of the effectiveness of the services you identified
A description of service gaps you identified
An explanation of how to improve existing services
A description of services that should be added, and why
Support your Assignment with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.
Please note that this a MSW program