Assignment: Visit to Elder Care Agency
A. Conduct at least a 1–2-hour site visit of a service delivery program that benefits older adults and an interview with an elderly person, provider, advocate, or policy maker.
B. The visit/interview must be planned, focused, and explore an area that is unfamiliar to the student (See assignment #2 below to help you in your planning).
Site Visit Presentation (20%)
A. Develop a 15-minute presentation on the site visit made to a service delivery program that benefits older adults and an interview you conducted with an elderly person, provider, advocate, or policy maker.
B. The presentation should be organized as follows:
i. Name of program and person(s) interviewed. Describe the service and role(s) that they play in caring for the older person(s). Please also include details of the site (name, services provided, location, etc.)
ii. What are the 5 specific and relevant question(s) you asked during the visit/interview and Description of content / answer the question
iii. (e.g., What services are available for the older adults? how do these services get funded? How is adult day care individualized? How does an older adult compensate for limited function, etc? These questions are just examples. Come up with your own questions based on the particular agency or person you are visiting)
iv. Conclude with a new question and future plan to improve the care of older adults in that agency or environment (e.g., what is the cost of individualized care? what happens when compensatory mechanisms fail?)
Place: Seaport 17th Care Center
1330 17th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 829-5411
http://www.seaport17.com
You can pretend that you interview a provider (CNA, LVN, RN) and I will find out the name.