Evaluating Capacity For Decision Making And Sexual Expression In Senior Living Discussion Questions • Online Nursing Essays

Value: 100 points

Due: In an effort to facilitate scholarly discourse, create your initial post by Day 4, and reply to at least two of your classmates, on two separate days, by Day 7.

Note: In this type of discussion, you will not see the responses of your classmates until after you have posted your own response to the question below.

Initial Post

If your first name begins with the letters A–M: Topic 1 – Evaluation Capacity of Older Adults

After completing the readings, respond to the following prompts:

• Discuss the ethical and legal factors as well as professional standards of practice considered in evaluating a person’s capacity to make decisions.
• Discuss challenges you as a service provider for aging adults would have in evaluating a person’s capacity and how you may go about doing this.
• Discuss what you found surprising in the readings as it relates to determining capacity.
• Propose methods in which you as a service provider for aging adults would incorporate capacity evaluation practices into your interaction with aging adults.

Your initial post should be 500 to 700 words, with one to two supporting references included.

If your first name begins with the letters N–Z: Topic 2 – Sex Stigmas and Senior Living

After reading Syme and Cohn (2016), identify two factors you found interesting as well as explain how the authors help you better understand how to combat stigma and generational differences about sex.

Identify ways in which leadership of a residential health care facility can support the sexual expression of aging adults. Propose methods by which healthcare professionals can incorporate sexual education into routine interactions with aging adults.

Discuss how you, an aging service provider, would educate and train staff working in a residential aging service setting on how to respond to aging adults engaging in sexual relationships. What are challenges you might anticipate in these situations? How might you address staff’s ageist assumptions, attitudes, and personal beliefs regarding older adult sexuality?

Your initial post should be 500 to 700 words, with one to two supporting references included.

Replies

If your first name begins with the letters A–M: Reply to at least two of your classmates whose first names begin with the letters N–Z. In your reply posts, identify the consequences if sexual health among aging adults continues to be ignored. Additionally, discuss whether there is concern for future generations of older adults who lack sexual health knowledge and awareness.

Your reply posts should be 200 to 400 words, with a minimum of one supporting reference included.

If your first name begins with the letters N–Z: Reply to at least two of your classmates whose first names begin with the letters A–M. In your reply posts, discuss challenges in knowing when to evaluate a person’s capacity in decision-making. Are there instances, such as refusing to care for a chronic illness or choosing to drink alcohol while on complex medications, that may trigger action, and if so, what challenges might you encounter? Discuss how you as an aging service provider will balance determining a person’s capacity for decision-making while still supporting their right to make their own decisions, good or bad.

Your reply posts should be 200 to 400 words, with a minimum of one supporting reference included.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

Posting to the Discussion Forum

1. Select the appropriate Thread.
2. Select Reply.
3. Create your post.
4. Select Post to Forum.

Note: The value of each of the criterion on this rubric represents a point range (example: 25–20 points, 20–15 points, 15–10 points, 10–0 points).

Criteria	Exceeds Expectations	Meets Expectations	Needs Improvement	Inadequate	Total Points
Quality of Initial Post	Initial post is on time and of the correct length (500–750 words). All components of the initial post requirements are addressed. Course content synthesis is applied. References are included according to the Discussion instructions. 25 points	Initial post is on time and of the correct length (500–750 words). Most components of the initial post requirements are addressed. Course content synthesis is applied but limited. References are included according to the Discussion instructions. 20 points	Initial post is one day late. Does not meet the correct length (500–750 words). Some components of the initial post requirements are addressed. Course content synthesis is weak or missing. References are included but not according to the Discussion instructions. 15 points	Initial post is more than one day late. Initial post much fewer than (500–750 words). Few components of the initial post requirements are addressed. Course content synthesis is missing. References are not included. 10 points	25
Peer Replies	On time. There was substantial evidence and synthesis of course content utilizing course topics and the introduction of questions and new information. Replies are 200–400 words. References are included according to the Discussion instructions. 25 points	On time. There was some evidence and synthesis of course content utilizing course topics and the introduction of questions or new information. Replies are 200–400 words. References are included according to the Discussion instructions. 20 points	There was either some synthesis of course content or the introduction of questions or new information. Replies are less than 200 words. References are included but not according to the Discussion instructions. 15 points	There was little or no evidence of course content utilizing course topics or the introduction of questions or new information. Replies are less than 200 words References are not included. 10 points	25
Frequency of Contribution	Initial post with two peer replies posted on two separate days. 25 points	Initial post with two peer replies posted on the same day. 20 points	Initial post with one peer reply. 15 points	Only initial post submitted or only replied to peers. 10 points	25
Organization, Writing Mechanics, and APA Format	Clearly organized, no or limited writing mechanics and/or APA errors. 25 points	Clearly organized, few to some writing mechanics and/or APA errors. 20 points	Poorly organized, several to moderate writing mechanics and/or APA errors. 15 points	Poorly organized, many writing mechanics and/or APA errors. 10 points	25
Total points					100