Older Adult Community Assessment Paper Part Two
From the point of view of an older adult, use the information you gathered in part one to evaluate
your neighborhood in terms of how adequately it will meet your present and anticipated future
needs. Write a paper on this using APA format. Use seventh edition APA. This is an academic,
APA paper from the view of an outside person. Avoid telling a story of yourself and your dog and
that you are happy the sidewalk is flat. Avoid personal information about your family. Avoid
material on older adults that does not apply to the community (half page on hypertension from
the Mayo clinic does not belong, focus on the community and older adult. Your paper should be
at least three pages double spaced not counting cover page or references. Students must use
three current academic references (within the past five years) in addition to the references
they use to document characteristics about their neighborhood. These references should
concern characteristics and needs of older adults. Crime rates should be reported as incidents per
1000 or per 100,000 inhabitants. Crime rates should be reported using government sources. Facts
that are not common knowledge should be supported with a citation. One of those references can
be your textbook.
All submissions will be checked for plagiarism. If plagiarism is detected the student will receive
a zero for this assignment and will be referred to the Office of Community Standards.
Grading Rubric Older Adult Community Assessment Paper
Criterion
Fully met
Partially met
Not met
Paper double spaced, in required
10 points
length, correct spelling and
grammar, and in correct APA
format. One point will be deducted
for each error-max 10 points.
1 to 9 points
0 points
At least three current &
professional references are used.
Citations correct and in APA
format.
20 points
1-19 points per source
0 points
Evaluation of neighborhood is
pertinent and realistic
30 points
1 to 29 points
0 points
Writing reflects understanding of
the older adult’s viewpoint
30 points
1 to 29 points
0 points
Older Adult Community
Assessment Table attached to the
end of final paper as an appendix.
10 points
No points if not attached
0 points
This assignment will be submitted in two parts. Part one is the table which will be turned in week
2. Part two is the paper, due in week 4. When you turn in the paper you will submit the table a
second time as an addendum with any corrections/additions.