Part 1: Personal View of Aging

Analyze how cultural background, employment experience, experiences of loss and education influence perception of the future and coping with transitions.

Culture and Perception

• What cultural elements are important or beneficial to your sense of well-being?

Psychosocial Needs and Resiliency

Clarify resilience factors that contribute to personal self-esteem, self-efficacy; social relationships; culture, community, education, spiritualty,

• What types of experiences would you like to have and what relationships would best support your continued growth as you age?
• What specific professionals do you want involved in your care? Do you have any specific instructions?
• What relationships do you want to maintain? Why are these important to you? In what ways could they be maintained?
• Identification of individual you trust for your care and decisions.

Part 2: Directions for Care and Services

Assess the interdisciplinary relationships and collaboration necessary to implement the plan.

• Transitions (predictable voluntary; predictable-involuntary; unpredictable-voluntary, and unpredictable-involuntary that you will address.)
  • Consider what you want for your living situation.
  • What services and professionals would you like to have as part of your plan?
  • What are your fears and anxieties, unfulfilled dreams, social networking and spiritual growth and development?
  • Explain how your experiences at your present stage of human development impact your decisions.

Conclusion

Evaluate a potential social, ethical, legal, or cultural impediment to the plan.

• Evaluate one potential social, ethical, legal, or cultural issue that could hinder implementation of your plan,

Your plan requires three academic, peer-reviewed resources, and the use of academic language reflecting your understanding of theories, human development, relationships, attachment and resilience, transitions, expectations and awareness, cultural forces and family structure. Apply the terminology of the family science field consistently throughout the plan.