Prevalence of Elder Abuse in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Call for Systemic Change
This assignment asks you to (1) describe an issue you care deeply about, (2) critically analyze current responses to this issue, and (3) discuss what anti-oppressive social work responses to this issue might look like, (4) outline and present your proposed response.
- Describe the presenting social issue
In this section, be sure to include a clear statement of the issue and why social work especially should be concerned (connect to professional values). How does cultural identity influence the problem? Who is impacted by the problem and what is the extent of the problem or concern? Identify the root cause(s) of the issue. Please include current academic sources to support your information, such as research and policy reports.
2. Critically analyze current responses to this issue
What has been done regarding the issue? Critically analyze current responses in terms of power/privilege/oppression. What has worked? What hasn’t and why? Please include current academic sources to support your information, such as research and policy reports.
3. Discuss what anti-oppressive social work responses to this issue might look like
What would anti-oppressive social work response to this issue look like at the micro, mezzo and macro systems of practice? Which of the key theoretical approaches discussed in class inform your approach to this issue? Please be specific in your discussion at each of the levels of practice. How are you positioned to move one or more of these recommendations forward? Are there any current social work or allied professional organizations that you could tap into to move your recommendations forward?