Ashford HHS497 Providing Elderly People Healthcare Services

HHS 497 Ashford University Providing Elderly People Healthcare Services Paper

Final Project

[WLO: 2] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Prior to beginning work on the Final Project, you are encouraged to review the required reading materials. You will have two choices for your final project: a research paper or a mock service learning project. Regardless of your choice you will be uploading your project to Folio. You are also required to prepare a 5-minute video that summarizes and explains your project and will be shared to the Week 5 discussion board. Both the video and the paper are to be uploaded to your ePortfolio in Folio, that you previously set up.

Choose only one of the following projects:

Option 1: Research Paper

For this option, you will select a health and human services topic of interest and prepare a research paper based on this topic. You will identify a theory or theoretical perspective that offers insight or explanation regarding your chosen topic and present the results of your literature-based research, offering conclusions and/or recommendations. For example, you may want to research current trends in health and human services leadership, and offer recommendations for leadership approaches that would be effective in health and human services organizations today. Or you may want to explore the major challenges health and human services professionals face in delivering services to a chosen population offering recommendation on how they should be addressed.

In your Research Paper you will

• Identify the selected health a human services topic.
• Identify a theory or theoretical perspective that explains your topic.
• Present the results of your literature review.
• Draw conclusions and/or make recommendations that address problems in your topic.

View the Writing Center’s resource on Writing a Research Paper (Links to an external site.) for additional support.

A word of caution: You may not repurpose any work you have previously submitted. All of your work must be original.

 Folio Recommendation: Papers/Reports

Considering that your ePortfolio is intended for future employers to evaluate your knowledge, skills, abilities, and professionalism, it is recommended that you edit your artifact in the following way.

• Remove the cover page that connects the paper to the academic institution.
• Add language to the Introduction section that appeals to your professional target audience.
• Edit language in the Introduction and key sections to demonstrate a professional voice.

Your final project

• Must be 10 to 12 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center (Links to an external site.).