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  • SOC 304 Entire Course (Ash)
  • SOC 304 Week 1 DQ 1 Theoretical Frameworks (Ash)
  • SOC 304 Week 1 DQ 1 Theoretical Frameworks
  • SOC 304 Week 1 DQ 2 The Cohort Effect of Historic
    Events
  • SOC 304 Week 2 DQ 1 Aging Simulation Exercise
  • SOC 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Self-Concept in Old Age
  • SOC 304 Week 2 Assignment The Aging Connection
  • DQ1 After reading Chapter 3 in your textbook,
    address the following
  • Discuss the differences between activity theory
    and disengagement theory.
  • Compare and contrast one of the other theories
    mentioned in the chapter (i.e., modernization,
    exchange theory, subcultural theory of aging,
    etc.) to activity theory and disengagement theory.

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  • SOC 304 Week 1 DQ 2 The Cohort Effect of Historic
    Events (Ash)
  • SOC 304 Week 2 Assignment The Aging Connection
    (Ash)
  • The number of older Americans has increased
    dramatically because older adults are living
    longer partly due to the improvements in health
    care technology. However, the question of quality
    of life has been raised as people live longer and
    experience more health problems in the midst of
    rising health
  • DQ2 For this discussion, you will need to read
    Chapters 1 and 2 in your textbook. In addition,
    you will need to review pages 10 through 13 of
    Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences and
    pages 62 and 63 of Aging, Society, and the Life
    Course.

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  • SOC 304 Week 2 DQ 1 Aging Simulation Exercise
    (Ash)
  • SOC 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Self-Concept in Old Age (Ash)
  • DQ2In Chapter 5 of your textbook, you learned
    about the self-concept, which is how an
    individual thinks of herself or himself. Although
    the self-concept is something that is established
    early in life, it changes as one grows older
    through life experiences. After reading the
    chapter, address the following
  • DQ1 After reading about the physical impairments
    related to age in Chapter 4 of the textbook and
    watching Aging, visit Sociology of Aging Age
    Related Impairments A Simulation Exercise and
    select at least two of the impairments that are
    listed in the exercise.

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  • SOC 304 Week 3 DQ 1 Sexual Orientation in Later
    Life (Ash)
  • SOC 304 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Responsibility to the
    Elderly (Ash)
  • DQ1 Chapter 7 in your textbook discusses the
    unique issues that are experienced by older gay
    men and lesbians in society. Review that chapter
    and watch Isnt Aging the Same for Everybody?
    to prepare for this discussion.
  • DQ2 You will be reading Chapter 7 of the
    textbook and an article titled Demography of
    Aging in China and the United States and the
    Economic Well-Being of Their Older Populations
    (found in the ProQuest database, in the Ashford
    University Library) to prepare for this discussion

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  • SOC 304 Week 4 DQ 1 Age Discrimination (Ash)
  • SOC 304 Week 4 DQ 2 Family and Medical Leave Act
    (Ash)
  • DQ1 The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
    (ADEA) prohibits discrimination against
    individuals who are aged 40 and older. This law
    acknowledges that age discrimination is a
    violation of an individuals civil rights.
  • DQ2A growing number of American employees are
    having to care for their elderly parents.
    Caregiving may include taking extended periods of
    time off from work. The Family and Medical Leave
    Act (FMLA) of 1993 addresses this need by
    providing some employees with up to twelve weeks
    of

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  • SOC 304 Week 5 DQ 2 Medicare (Ash)
  • DQ2As Chapter 11 in your textbook notes, the
    costs for health care have risen dramatically and
    are expected to continue to rise. While Medicare
    is a public insurance program that provides
    coverage to almost everyone who is 65 and older,

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