Life Transitions Assignment PNUR1165

Assignment: Life Transitions Assignment

Weighting: 20% of final grade

Course Outcomes:

7.0

Life

Transitions

Discuss the various socioeconomic life transitions that the older adult will face in relation to:

· Declining function

· Shrinking social world

· Widowhood

· Late-Stage Divorce

· Late-Stage remarriage

· Grand parenting

· Reduced income

· Retirement, including the phases of retirement

· Role changes

· Awareness of mortality

Purpose of Life Transitions Assignment: To interview an older adult (over the age of 65 years) on their late life transitions. Then discuss/analyze the relevant older adult life transitions as it compares/contrasts with the course content.

Instructions for Assignment:

1. Interview an older adult (someone over 65 years of age). Note their approximate age. This person can be a friend, relative, neighbor, parent, or grandparent or someone you have met in the community. Acknowledge that you were instructed to interview an interesting person for your school assignment.

2. Develop your questions based on adult life transitions as it relates to a person’s lived experience.

3. When choosing a time for the interview, consider when the person feels most comfortable.

4. Consider the length of time you will be taking.

5. Assure the interviewee that they may refuse to answer any question.

6. Be empathic and nonjudgmental. Remember that the person is honoring you by sharing his/her life story.

7. Write a 4-6-page paper analyzing the person’s lived experience. Do not use their name or location to maintain confidentiality.

8. Choose 4 or 5 late-life transitions that apply to your interviewee’s lived experience to analyze.

9. Utilize APA format. The resources can be found at:

10. The essay must include a title page, in-text citations, and a reference page. (Do not reference the course slides).

11. All work is expected to be your original work in your own words. All items copied from other sources must be quoted or paraphrased or summarized with appropriate citations or references. Academic honesty is expected and required of all Conestoga students. It is critical that you familiarize yourself with the Academic Offences Policy found in the Conestoga .

12. This assignment will be evaluated in terms of how you use the course content to interpret or explain what you described in the interview. What various life transitions occurred during this person’s older adult years?

13. Do not include the interview transcript in this assignment.

14. Review the rubric to ensure you have addressed all elements that will be evaluated.

15. Submit to the Assignment Submission Folder on eConestoga.

Instructions for Submission:

1. To be marked, this assignment must be submitted to the Assignment Submission Folder entitled “Life Transitions Assignment” in the PNUR1165 Adult Development and Aging Shell on eConestoga.

a. Click on “Course Tools” tab

b. Click on “Assignment”

c. Click on the Assignment Submission Folder called “Life Transitions Assignment”

d. Upload your file

e. Click “Submit”

2. Receive verification of a “Dropbox submission receipt” in your eConestoga inbox

a. Only the most recent submission to the Dropbox is kept to be marked

RUBRIC

	Proficient	Capable	Developing	Needs Improvement	Did not occur
STRUCTURE Structure and layout of scholarly paper	Assignment has a title page; Excellent introduction including a clearly defined thesis statement; One body paragraphs per topic; A clear succinct conclusion summarizing the content of the paper.	Assignment has a title page; Introduction utilizing a thesis statement; Body paragraphs; Conclusion does not summarize the content of the paper.	Assignment has a title page; Introduction thesis and statement not clear; Body paragraphs; Conclusion does not summarize the content of the paper	Assignment has a title page; Introduction is missing a thesis statement or statement unrecognizable; Body paragraphs contain multiple topics; Conclusion does not summarize the content of the paper.	Assignment is missing multiple components of a scholarly paper.
ANALYSIS Application of life transitions theory to information gathered in the client view.	Exceptional discussion. Linkages created from the interviewee’s lived experience to the course content with complete analysis (relating/comparing contrasting)	Comprehensive discussion. Linkages created from the interviewee’s lived experience to the course content with complete analysis (relating/comparing/ contrasting)	Fairly comprehensive discussion. Exploration of at least 2 topics linked to the course content. Further elaboration is required for analysis.	Basic discussion. One topic is linked to the course content. The analysis may be superficial or not included.	Poor discussion. No linkage of the course content OR absence of analysis.
QUALITY OF SCHOLARLY REFERENCES Use of Scholarly resources to support thoughts and ideas in the analysis.	Scholarly resources utilized to support analysis are beyond the scholarly materials provided in the course.	Scholarly resources utilized to support analysis are provided within the course.	Scholarly resources are utilized to support some analysis, but one topic does not have a scholarly resource to support thoughts and ideas.	Scholarly resources are utilized to support some analysis, but two or more topics do not have a scholarly resource to support thoughts and ideas.	The absence of scholarly resources to support analysis, thoughts and ideas.
	Proficient	Capable	Developing	Needs Improvement	Did Not Occur
PRESENTATION Skill of pulling together information in a clear, organized and succinct manner for the reader	Excellent organization and presentation of discussion. Ideas are easy to follow.	Good organization and presentation of discussion. Ideas are easy to follow.	Fair organization and presentation of discussion. Most ideas are easy to follow.	Lacks organization and presentation of discussion. Ideas are difficult to follow.	Organization and presentation of discussion are not evident. Ideas are difficult to follow.
SCHOLARLY WRITING Grammar; Spelling; Sentence Structure	Exceptional scholarly writing with no errors in grammar, spelling, or sentence structure	Three or less errors in total for spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence/ paragraph structure.	Four to five errors in total for spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence/ paragraph structure.	Six to ten errors in total for spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence/ paragraph structure.	Eleven + errors in total for spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence/ paragraph structure.
APA Use of APA 7th edition for formatting scholarly paper. APA@conestoga	Correct use of APA references and citations.	Correct use of APA references and citations with 1-2 errors.	Use of APA references and citations with 3-4 errors.	Use of APA references and citations with 5-6 errors.	Significant errors in the use of APA references and citations with greater than 7 errors OR APA not used.
TOTAL /24

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