Each student will visit the Area Office on Aging website (https://www.areaofficeonaging.com/) and explore what information the website has to offer. Then they will do the following:
- Click on the “Services” tab at the top of the main page.
- Browse though some of the 1400 services within all counties in Ohio
- Select five different services (of your choice) that you found interesting
In a Microsoft Word document (that you will submit online), you need to include the following information:
Part 1:
- The names of the five services/organizations websites that interested you the most (this can be bulleted)
- Which one of these 5 do you believe would be most beneficial for older adults and why (approximately half a page)?
- Locate and identify at least three other organizations in
which one could find similar services offered as what is offered in your
selected #2 above. Include the names and the websites (or phone
numbers) of these organizations.
Part 2:
Using the same website, click on “Events” and read through the list
of upcoming events. On the same Word document that you had Part 1,
include the following:
- Identify which 3 events (and dates) within the next two months
that you would recommend to an older adult that you know. This can be
done in a bulleted list. - Describe why you believe these events would be beneficial for this older adults that you know (approximately half a page).
Students will be graded using the following criteria:
Identifies current and appropriate sources from the website (across both parts)
Up to 4 points
Quality of writing for Part 1 (sentence structure, grammar, spelling)
Up to 3 points
Quality of writing for Part 2 (sentence structure, grammar, spelling)
Up to 3 points
