SOC 304 Week 3 Discussion

  

Week 3 - Discussion

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

  

Issues of Elder   Caregiving

After reading the information on cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and Dementia, and also the modern challenges of families in regards to structures and geographical distance, it is important to acknowledge the issues of elder care-giving where these two aspects intersect. After completing this week’s reading, address the following:

• Visit the Alzheimer’s      Association website (Links to an external site.) from the reading and the      information on this site, present three ways in which people can proactively      try to avoid the onset of Alzheimer’s Dementia.
• Watch the Nightline video,
  Experience 12      minutes in Alzheimer’s Dementia (Links to an external site.). Explain the challenges of      care-giving for an Alzheimer’s Dementia sufferer in the home.
• Watch the PBS NewsHour video, Easing the Burden for Families of Long-term      Caregiving (Links to an external site.), 42 Percent of Working Americans Are      Caregiving for Older Family Member (Links to an external site.), and read the Chapter 7      section on care-giving. Explain three challenges for modern care-givers.      How is social policy seeking to address these challenges?
• For some, the challenges of the      burden of care-giving are too great and require family members to place      their loved ones in a care facility. In the final video from CNN, Dementia Village (Links to an external      site.)we      learn about a state of the art facility in the Netherlands which houses      Dementia patients in a secure ‘village’ facility. What are some of the      benefits of care for patients in a facility such as Hogeweyk? What are the      benefits for care-givers? [A highlight, text version of CNN’s ‘Dementia      Village (Links to an external site.)’ is located here      http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/11/world/europe/wus-holland-dementia-village/index.html]

Your initial full post should be at least 600 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table                      offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. For help writing a great discussion post, see this video guide (Links to an external site.). Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.