Title: Identify ways to facilitate the independence of older adults.
Course: Family and Human Services I (19999-I) > Section: Understanding Supports for Older Adults

Identification should include

- housing or home modification
- retraining and employment
- educational and recreational activities
- interaction across family generations (multigenerational)
- socialization activities (including volunteering), especially for those without a social network
- health care
- transportation
- financial planning
- nutritional planning.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How might one give an older adult the opportunity to make decisions for themselves?
- What are the benefits to an older adult when they maintain independence?

Communication

- In what ways might a human services professional help an older adult retain independence?
- How can one help create more volunteer opportunities for older adults in the community?

Leadership

- What are appropriate ways to make human services referrals?

Management

- What retraining and employment options are available for older adults?
- Why is home modification often preferable to moving a client to an assisted living facility?