Social Gerontology

Class is SYP4730 Textbook is Aging and the Life Course: An Introduction to Social Gerontology 6th edition by Jill Quadagno  Chapter 12 Assignment – Description Chapter 12 Assignment – Caring for the Frail Elderly:  Institutional Care – The Nursing Home For this assignment, please compose a paragraph-length response (generally 5 sentences) to each of the below 7 items.  These responses must be in your own words and not copied from the textbook or any other source. Please use and reference one source in addition to your textbook. This assignment is worth a total of 30 points.  Up to 6 points may be deducted for spelling/punctuation/grammar/sentence structure/references/citations issues. Please describe the various problems that have been observed within nursing homes.  [4 points] Please discuss the adequacy of staffing levels within nursing homes and the causes of staff turnover.  [4 points] What are some of the struggles faced by the nursing assistants who provide direct care to the residents?  [4 points] Please describe the financial challenges being faced by nursing homes (include Medicare/Medicaid/payer issues).  [4 points] Please describe the financial challenges of nursing home residents and potential residents.  [4 points] Please articulate how the skill level of caregivers and the type of facility ownership have been shown to affect the quality of care provided in nursing homes.  [4 points] In your view, what is the worst aspect of life in a total institution?  [1 point]      If you were a nursing home administrator, how would you address this? [5 points]  This assignment is being checked for similarity using Turnitin. Please do not include the above questions/instructions in your submitted assignment, as doing so will inflate your Turnitin Similarity score. Please take the subject of academic integrity seriously.  Please refer to the “Academic Integrity” section of the HSA Student Expectations document, and be reminded that students must review the Turnitin report and the Similarity Index score for their written work prior to submitting for a grade. If the Turnitin Similarity Index score is greater than 15%, you are required to rewrite and revise the paper or assignment until the Turnitin Similarity Index score is 15% or less.  Turnitin Similarity reports are generated very soon after assignment submission. Students can resubmit until the assignment due date. However, after three resubmissions, Turnitin Similarity reports will generate after 24 hours.  Plagiarism penalties and a grade of “zero” will result if any assignment or paper is submitted with a Turnitin Similarity Index score greater than 15%, and the Turnitin report indicates that a lower score was possible. Please submit your assignment in the “Chapter 12 Assignment – Dropbox” by the due date, Sunday, October 25, 11:59 p.m. I look forward to reading your work! Thank you.