How do the life experiences of an older adult impact the assessment process?
What will be an ideal response?
The life experiences impact the assessment as the person may endured a lifetime of trauma or losses that might impact the responses to some of the questions. Some of the questions of the assessment may trigger memories from those past events.
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Human services uses:
a. A narrow specialized approach b. An eclectic model c. A religious model d. All of the above
Which of the following is NOT necessarily a quality or trait that is useful to practitioners?
a. being strong willed b. intelligence c. adaptability d. likeability
Which of the following is/are true about the components of research proposals? A) The components of proposals for qualitative investigations rarely differ from the components of proposals for quantitative investigations
B) Proposals for small, preliminary pilot projects must cover the same components as extensively and as rigorously as do more ambitious proposals. C) Preparing a proposal for a qualitative study can be more challenging than preparing one for a quantitative study. D) ?Literature reviews should provide extensive details about all previous studies.
In the boxed reading, "Social Work Major Working in a Casino," the ethical dilemma concerned a. the conflict between social work values and those of a profit-making operation
b. the worker's conflict with her husband over casino work. c. the worker's awareness of cheating by gamblers. d. the worker's lack of time to attend to her academic work.