Assignment: Personal Reflections On Aging
The purpose of this assignment is to prepare you for the course by examining your personal view of aging. Use the grading rubric below to guide your paper.
• Describe your interactions with older persons when you were a child. How did these experiences influence your view of aging? Be specific and provide examples for each description.
• What is your definition of healthy aging? Discuss any role models you have had for healthy aging. What lifestyle choices did they make that influenced you? How have you adopted (or rejected) these?
• How does your personal background (cultural, religious/spiritual, social, ethnic, etc. ) affect your view of aging? Do you feel that your background has had a positive or negative influence, overall? Be specific and provide examples.
• Describe your own process of aging. How do you feel about the age you are now? What are your fears about aging? What pleasant experiences do you anticipate as you age? How do you see yourself as a mature older adult? Use the concepts discussed in the textbook chapter A Life Course Perspective on Aging to ground your answers.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.