Self care plan + discussion

Self care plan + discussion

Chapter 6 covers death, dying, and bereavement. It can be challenging to discuss your views about death and even uncomfortable for some of you. Thus, it is essential to learn how to take care of yourself. For this assignment, you will create a self-care plan to help you plan ways in which you can nurture, promote, and maintain your physical, psychological, and spiritual health.

Creating Your Self-Care Plan

1. Create your self-care plan or download the Self-care Plan worksheet at the bottom of the Social Work Tech webpage here.
2. Please watch the webpage video or click here forinstructions on creating your plan. Again, you do not have to use the template provided on the website, but you must ensure that you use its categories. You can be as creative as you want!
3. In your document, include a brief reflection (100-word minimum) that shares your experience in creating your plan, how you can implement self-care as a practice in your life, and how making your plan relates to the material covered in Chapter 6.
4. Submit a copy or picture of your plan on Canvas as your Assignment #3
5. Utilize this plan to engage in self-care. The more you practice engaging in activities that help your mind, body, and spirit, the more likely you are to avoid burnout.
6. In our chapter on Sexuality and Aging, we briefly discussed the societal phenomenon of the "desexualization" of older adults. This assignment bridges your personal, unconscious attitudes about Age with the psychological and cultural barriers facing older adults regarding romance, intimacy, and sexual health.You will complete an online implicit bias test, analyze your experience, and apply our lecture and textbook concepts in a structured reflection.The Implicit Association Test
   1. Please click the following link hosted by Harvard University: Implicit Association Test.
   2. Read the preliminary information.
   3. After reading the informed consent, if you agree to continue, please click on the "I wish to continue" link. Please note that I will not obtain your IAT answers; they are for you only.
   4. Select the Age IAT, which measures automatic preferences for Young vs. Old.
   5. Follow the prompts to complete the test.
   6. Take note of your results page for your own records (you do not need to submit a copy or screenshot, but you will need your result for the write-up).
   Reflection & Analysis Write a 250–500-word reflection addressing the three distinct sections below. Please use concepts you've learned in class thus far when applicable.Section 1: The IAT Experience & Reaction
   • How was your experience completing the IAT?
   • Was anything about your results surprising to you?
   Section 2: Connecting Ageism to Asexuality
   • Based on our class lecture and book chapter, how does foundational ageism (which you explored in the IAT) translate into the widespread cultural myth that older adults are asexual or that later-life intimacy is "gross" or "taboo"?
   • How do media representations (or the lack thereof) reinforce the idea that romance and sexuality belong exclusively to the young?
   Section 3: Real-World Clinical & Psychological ImpactsChoose one of the following lenses to discuss how implicit ageism actively harms the well-being of older adults:
   • The Medical Lens: How might a physician's implicit ageism impact how they treat an older patient? (Hint: Think about STIs, safe sex education, or asking about sexual dysfunction).
   • The Institutional Lens: How might senior living facilities or nursing homes strip away the sexual autonomy, privacy, or dating rights of their residents?
   • The Intersectionality Lens: How might an LGBTQ+ older adult experience a "double stigma" when navigating aging spaces that assume they are both asexual and heterosexual?