This document discusses evaluating community resources for older individuals. It prompts the reader to research the services available in their local community for older residents, identify any gaps in services, and suggest improvements to existing services or new services that should be added. The reader is asked to then write a 2-4 page paper describing the current services, evaluating their effectiveness, identifying service gaps, explaining how to improve existing services, and describing what new services should be added and why.

1. Community Resources for Older Individuals
Volunteers and political officials in local communities often campaign to improve conditions
and provide services to increase the well-being of individuals and families living in those
communities. If you are the parent of young children, you might focus on improving the
local school or creating safe places where children can play. If you are an individual in later
adulthood or a caregiver for an individual in later adulthood, what community resources
might be important to you?For this week’s Assignment, you evaluate the resources that
your local community provides for its older members. To prepare for this Assignment,
research the resources available in your local community to support the issues and
concerns of the older population. Note any gaps in these services and consider what
improvements might be made to existing services as well as what services should be added.
By Day 7 Submit a 2- to 4-page paper that includes the following:A description of the
services in your local community that support individuals in later adulthood An evaluation
of the effectiveness of the services you identified A description of service gaps you identified
An explanation of how to improve existing services A description of services that should be
added, and why Support your Assignment with specific references to the resources. Be sure
to provide full APA citations for your references.#Community #Resources #Older
#Individuals