Ashford PSY605 Week 5 Discussion (dq1+dq2)

Ashford PSY605 Week 5 Discussion 

Dq1 

Elder Abuse. 1st Post Due by Day 3. Prior to completing this discussion, read the required Roberto (2016) article, 

as well as Chapter 25 from the Lerner, Easterbrooks, Mistry, & Weiner (2013) Developmental psychology e-book. 

Evaluate the issue of elder abuse being sure to define the types of abuse, the ages most susceptible to abuse, and other relevant information pertinent to this complex issue. Support your thoughts with the required reading, and one other source of scholarly perspective and research from the field. Additionally, propose two solutions for aging adults that would help them achieve successful aging and prevent elder abuse, as well as identifying two resources that would help active caregivers avoid elder abuse. 

Guided Response: Review several of your colleagues’ posts and respond to at least two of your peers by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful and interactive discourse in this discussion. 

In your responses, compare and contrast your own recommendations with those of your classmates. For each response, critically evaluate the information your classmate has provided by considering different points of view. What specific information presented in your classmate’s post do you agree or disagree with? Explain. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) on Day 7 of the week and respond to anyone who replies to your initial post.

Dq2

End of Life Decisions. 1st Post Due by Day 3. Prior to completing this discussion, please read the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (2010) and Fact Sheet on End-of-Life Care (2014), as well as the Block, et al. (2006), Kwak, & Haley (2005), and Torbic (2011) articles required for this week. 

You are working at an area hospital dealing primarily with end-of-life decisions and palliative care. For this discussion, you will be reviewing the PSY605 End-of-Life Case Scenarios document and making recommendations based on the information provided in the scenarios. 

All end-of-life choices and medical decisions have complex psychosocial components, ramifications, and consequences that have a significant impact on suffering and the quality of living and dying. The issues involved in this process of decision making are based on issues of developmental stage, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, health, family, and physical, cognitive, and psychosocial states. For your initial post, you will apply concepts from developmental psychology to create your recommended courses of action for either Roger or Geri. 

To begin, carefully review the PSY605 End-of-Life Case Scenarios document, select one of the cases, then create a recommended course of action for the scenario selected by addressing the following questions: 

• What is the best recommended course of action for the client at this time, and why? 

• What potential effects would themes such as the client’s culture, ethnicity, family, education, and gender 

  have on the situation and recommendation(s)? 

• How does the client’s developmental stage factor into your recommendation? 

• How do the client’s physical, cognitive, and psychosocial states affect your recommendation(s)? 

• How might the developmental stage(s) of the client’s family member(s) affect your recommendation? 

• How will you present your recommendation(s) to both the patient and family member(s)?

• What consideration(s) would affect your manner of presentation?

• Are there considerations that cannot be processed at this time because of lack of information in the written scenario?