Discussion: Emergency Plan for the Older Adult

Discussion: Emergency Plan for the Older Adult

Discussion: Emergency Plan for the Older Adult

Locate the American Red Cross in your area: http://www.redcross.org/or in person.

• Identify what is necessary for emergency supplies to have on hand for a healthy older adult. Consider visiting with an older family member or friend to identify specific needs for this older adult (reasonable for this person)
• Assist the older adult (OA) in creating their Personal Emergency Plan and contacts
• Describe what the OA was surprised to need or what they seemed to predict on their own
• Why is this important for OA singles or couples who live independently without services?
• Complete at least two slides for each bullet point with a total of 10 slides

Assignment Expectations:

Length: Minimum of 10 content slides

Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, and reference slide in APA format. The title/objective/reference slidesdo not count towards the minimum slide count for this assignment.

References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of two (2) scholarly sources are required for this assignment.

Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft PPT document (.pptx) or a PDF document (.pdf)

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

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The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.