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Community Resources for Older Individuals

• Volunteers and political officials in local communities often campaign to improve conditions and provide services to increase the well-being of individuals and families living in those communities. If you are the parent of young children, you might focus on improving the local school or creating safe places where children can play. If you are an individual in later adulthood or a caregiver for an individual in later adulthood, what community resources might be important to you? For this week's Assignment, you evaluate the resources that your local community provides for its older members.

Submit a 2- to 4-page paper that includes the following:

Question 1: A description of the services in your local community that support individuals in later adulthood

Question 2: An evaluation of the effectiveness of the services you identified

Question 3: A description of service gaps you identified

Question 4: An explanation of how to improve existing services

Question 5: A description of services that should be added, and why