Care Transitions for Elderly

Course Research Project Requirements

(30% of the total grade; worth 100 points)

In Module 7, students will submit the course research project to Chalk and Wire.

The following is taken from the syllabus:

As  a Human Services Administrator of an aging organization in your  community, you are at the helm of establishing sound practices that  enhance the client’s overall well-being and effective organizational  functioning. The purpose of this assignment is to thoroughly analyze a  trend in long term care (covered in section 3 of your course text).

Requirements: 

• Work individually
• Utilize 8 research articles and/or scholarly books (5 must be within the last 5 years).
• A maximum of 2 sources may be web based.
• 6 pages minimum--10-page maximum
• Submit to Grammarly prior to final submission for grading
• Adhere to APA formatting
• All citations must have a corresponding reference
• All references must have corresponding citations
• Title page
• Abstract
• Reference page

Content: 

• Introduction
• Provide a thorough analysis of the long-term care trend.
• Historical information should be included to provide a solid framework
• Client characteristics (age, income, physical health issues, etc.)
• Organizational considerations: financial, legal, public policy
• Client psychosocial considerations
• Theoretical framework (module 1)
• Administrator responsibilities
• Connect three NOHS ethical standards and both SLU core values to support ethical management
• Is  there a licensure requirement for the administrator? If so, what are  the requirements? If not, is this a gap in service provision?
• Conclusion