Assignment

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