Mental Aging

Deliverable Length: 5–7 pages excluding cover page, abstract page, and reference page

John and Alice have been providing care for John’s 86-year-old father who has Alzheimer’s disease as well as hypertension and diabetes. Last week, John’s father wandered away, leading to several frantic and worrisome hours, until he was returned by the police. You have been called in to counsel the family regarding their father’s possible transition to a nursing facility. Discuss the following:

• What factors may need to be considered when discussing this with the family?
• What factors may need to be considered when discussing this with John’s father?
• What challenges may be experienced by the family if they decide to retain care responsibility?
• What service recommendations might be made?

Support your work with at least 5 academic or professional peer-reviewed sources published within the past 5 years.

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1st Discussion post:

 This week explore globalization and the impact it has on communities. You may want to consider reading articles on this with the following as a suggestion: The Pros and Cons of Globalization (Links to an external site.). You also can visit the Urban Institute (Links to an external site.) for ideas.

Make an argument for and against globalization.

 For: 

· List the pros of globalization.

· Explain what steps the community should take toward globalization.

· Explain how globalization can resolve a current issue in the community.

Against: 

· List the cons of globalization.

· Explain what steps the community should take to prevent globalization.

· Explain how globalization creates more problems.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikecollins/2015/05/06/the-pros-and-cons-of-globalization/#713c61f5ccce

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2nd Discussion Post

Read the articles by Cowan (2017) (Links to an external site.) and Painter (2016), (Links to an external site.) which are required reading for this week. What are the pros and cons of a universal basic income as an approach to fighting poverty? Where do you stand on this issue?