Blueprint for Healthy Aging, Theoretical Models and Concepts

Week 3 - Assignment

Blueprint for Healthy Aging, Theoretical Models and Concepts

[WLOs: 2, 4] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8]

Your written assignment this week is to develop a draft of the second section of your Blueprint for Healthy Aging, Theoretical Models and Concepts. Specifically, you will analyze and apply relevant theoretical models and concepts covered from the biological, psychological, social, and cultural perspectives to provide context and understanding regarding the cause of the nature of and the potential solutions to the problem.

Based on your assigned readings covering each perspective, and additional research, you will write a two to three page paper integrating the at least three different perspectives as they relate to the specific problem you plan to address in your Blueprint. Your paper should include integration and application of specific concepts from each theoretical perspective to address the specific problem/issue and the framing of healthy aging and solutions to address the issue.

Required Resources

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Bengtson, V. L., Gans, D., Putney, N. M., & Silverstein, M. (Eds.). (2016).  Handbook of theories of aging  (3rd ed.). Springer.

· Chapter 7: Evolutionary Theory and Aging

· Chapter 11: Theories of Emotional Well-Being and Aging

· Chapter 12: Emotion-Cognition Links in Aging

· Chapter 13: Theories of Social Support in Health and Aging

· Chapter 14: Age Stereotypes' Influence on Health: Stereotype Embodiment Theory

· Chapter 16: Theories of work and Retirement: Culture, Trust, and Social Contract

· Chapter 17: Families and Aging: Toward an Interdisciplinary Family-Level Approach

· Chapter 18: Theories of Social Connectedness and Aging

· Chapter 19: Long, Broad, and Deep: Theoretical Approaches in Aging and Inequality

Articles

Morack, J., Ram, N., Fauth, E. B., & Gerstorf, D. (2013). Multidomain trajectories of psychological functioning in old age: A longitudinal perspective on (uneven) successful aging. Developmental Psychology, 49(12), 2309-2324.