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Instructions: Replace the example wording in brackets below with your wording for each prompt.  

IND101 Milestone 2 Template

Topic: The Future of Mental Health in Older Adults.

1. List of narrowed ideas from the freewrite activity:

· Demographic projections

· Living arrangements

· Social support

· Family support

· Care Plan

· Changes in daily living activities

· Retirement

· Change in income

· Increase in care needs

· Changes in living circumstances

· Limited mobility

· Cost of living

· Changes in decision making

· How mental health in older adults is affecting the world globally.

2. Description with at least 4 underlined key terms or short phrases:

[With the intensification of aging and mental health among the older adults has become a significant global health challenge, especially in developing countries where the problem is particularly severe. I think the cost of living should be of more focus as there are changes in income due to retirement, change in living circumstances and increase in care needs.]

3. At least 2 synonyms, abbreviations, or alternatives for each key term:

· [Mental health: wellbeing, depression]

· [Social support: assistance, providing resources]

· [Change in Income: wages, adjustment]

· [Demographic projection: population estimates, population forecasts]

· [Increase in care needs: taking care, aiding]

· [Limited mobility: decreased movement, challenges]

· [Care plan: medical routine, medical order]

· [Living arrangement: housing situation,accommodations.]

4. At least 5 Excelsior Library Sources

Source 1:

· Title: Exploring the interplay of living arrangements, social support, and depression among older adults in rural northwest China.

· Date: 2024

· Author: Gao, Qiufeng;Lei, Cuiyao;Wei, Xiaofei;Peng, Lanxi; Wang, Xintong ; Yue, Ai; Shi, Yaojiang.

· Permalink: BMC Public Health .

Source 2:

· Title: Training Future Leaders to Address Mental Health and Substance Use Issues in Older Adults—The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program

· Date: 2020

· Author: Pincus, Harold alan. Pike, Kathleen M. Spaeth-Rublee, Brigitta.

· Permalink: https://www-jstor-org.vlib.excelsior.edu/stable/48631286

Source 3:

· Title: Mental health of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from history to guide our future.

· Date: 2020

· Author: Chong, Terence W. H.;Curran, Eleanor;Ames, David;Lautenschlager, Nicola T.; Castle, David J.

· Permalink: International Psychogeriatrics.

Source 4:

· Title: Impact of health information seeking behavior and digital health literacy on self-perceived health and depression symptoms among older adults in the United States.

· Date: 2024

· Author: Nutakor, Jonathan Aseye;Zhou, Lulin;Larnyo, Ebenezer;Addai-Dansoh, Stephen; Cui, Yupeng.

· Permalink: Scientific Reports .

Source 5:

· Title: Intolerance of uncertainty, aging, and anxiety and mental health concerns: A scoping review and meta-analysis

· Date: 2025

· Author: Yu, Mandy H.M.;Cao, Yuan;Fung, Sylvia S.Y.;Kwan, Gerald S.Y. Tse, Zita C.K, Shum, David H.K

· Permalink: Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Optional: Instead of bulleted source information above, try an APA style reference list (but make sure to still include a URL or Permalink to each source):

[Examples:

Dua, R., & White, K. (2020). Understanding latent demand for hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles using large-scale longitudinal survey data of US new vehicle buyers. Energy Efficiency, 13(6), 1063–1074. http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=145259635&site=eds-live&scope=site

Graham, J. D., Belton, K. B., & Suri, X. (2021). How China beat the US in electric vehicle manufacturing and why it’s time for the United States to get serious about industrial policies. Issues in Science & Technology, 37(2), 72–79. http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tfh&AN=149318105&site=eds-live&scope=site

National Research Council (U.S.). (2015). Overcoming barriers to deployment of plug-in electric vehicles. National Academies Press. http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1099383&site=eds-live&scope=site

Noori, M., & Tatari, O. (2016). Development of an agent-based model for regional market penetration projections of electric vehicles in the United States. Energy, 96, 215–230. http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edselp&AN=S0360544215016606&site=eds-live&scope=site

Sperling, D. (2018). Electric vehicles: Approaching the tipping point. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 74(1), 11–18. http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=127161734&site=eds-live&scope=site ]