See , prioritize and rank (1=most important) the top three social policies that you affect the livelihood of older U.S. Americans today, and briefly describe why you chose these programs as critical to older citizens.

2. From the Chapter 8 reading, read the case of Working in India, what are similarities and differences between what you know about families and work in the U.S. and this family in India? From the chapter reading, define work, informal and formal work, and participation differences among developing and post-modern countries (see Chapter 8 Chart).

2. Consider how age-based social policies are related to the wide variety of jobs working with the aging population. A list is included in Web Links and also linked here -- http://businessandaging.blogs.com/ecg/101_careers_in_aging/

2. Choose and research 3 different jobs in the aging field, and answer the following questions:

a. what education level is required/suggested?

b. what is the average pay?

c. what is the job outlook that reflects age-based policy needs over the next 10 years? (MO2)

EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS CAN BE FOUND AT THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS LINKED IN WEB LINKS. You may have to search under some different titles to get the one you want.

d. Do you think YOU would like this job?

e. What do you think would be the best thing about the job? Worst thing?

AGAIN, answer the questions for EACH of the 3 jobs.