Reference no: EM133672805 , Length: 1 Pages

Assignment:

Instructional Materials

• Pew Research Global Attitudes Project Attitudes about Aging: A Global Perspective
• Articles that discuss how elderly are treated in different cultures

Instructions

Read the article from the Pew Research Global Attitudes Project Attitudes about Aging: A Global Perspective

Use one of the supplemental articles above (The Week, Cultural Views) to gain a perspective of how your assigned culture views its elderly adults (those ~60 and older):

• Last name A-E, assigned culture = Korean
• Last name F-H, assigned culture = Japanese
• Last name I - L, assigned culture = French
• Last name M, assigned culture = Mediterranean/Latin
• Last name N-S, assigned culture = Chinese
• Last name T, assigned culture = Vietnamese
• Last name U-Z, assigned culture = Latino

Directions:

Write at least a 1 full-page paper that records your observations/analysis and addresses the following:

1. Highlight in your own words the view of elderly adults in your assigned culture group.
2. Compare/contrast that view with the dominant view of the elderly in US culture (if you're unaware of this view, read the "US & UK" view in THE WEEK article above).
3. How will this view affect the future elderly demographic in that culture for the better? For the worse? (Refer to Pew Research article above.)