This paper is for my social work class where we have to interview a senior citizen 75 years or older. Please interview someone around this age and write this paper. Must use 5 academic sources throughout the paper and have a reference page. I have added instructions to this paper below, please follow them carefully and use the headers to organize the paper that I have explained in the instructions. I have also attached sample questions you may use for this paper. I will add a bonus as well if the paper is phenomenal. This paper is 7-10 pages MAX including the cover page and work cited page.

You will interview an elder (75 years +) about his or her life. The person can either be a well-known grandparent, or someone you met for the first time. You will ask about the person’s infancy, childhood, adolescence, and early/ middle adulthood. You will ask about family, loves, health, hopes, dreams, disappointments, and lifestyle choices. You will then write a paper that will: summarize the person’s life, apply the literature/theory, and reflect on your own emotions and insights about the assignment. This assignment will help you appreciate the many factors that make up the many parts of a person’s lifecourse. You will develop interviewing skills as well as practice applying theory in action. Both the Multidimentional Approach and the Life Course Perspective require that we view clients in the context of environment and time. Therefore, before you interview your elder, you must review the history, culture and/or social-political environment of the times. PRE-INTERVIEW PREPARATION Prior to meeting with your interviewee, you need to familiarize yourself on the elder’s environment (geographic location, cultural traditions, customs) and time (historical events). For instance, if your elder was influenced as a child by the Great Depression, then research this historical time in America. If your elder is a Korean War veteran, then learn about this war. If your elder is a Mexican immigrant from the Bracero Program, then find out about policies of the Bracero Program. If your elder experienced the death of a child, familiarize yourself with the research and literature on this topic. If your elder has a disability of some kind, what kind of background information might you need to know? The purpose of preparing in this way is so that you can ask sensitive and meaningful questions. The more background information you have, the better your questions will be and consequently, the richer your interview will be, for you and your interviewee. This interview might take up to 3 hours. If this is the case, you need to decide if you should meet more than once. GUIDELINES FOR THE PAPER 1. ORGANIZATION OF PAPER: Divide your paper into four sections: I. PRE-INTERVIEW PREPARTION, II. THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, III. THREE RELVANT THEORIES, IV: SELF REFLECTION. Use a title/cover page, insert page numbers, use 12-point font and use 1” margins. 2. PAGE LENGTH: Maximum page length, including your cover sheet and reference page, is 10 pages. Do not go beyond this. It takes longer to grade and will make me angry. Most papers are 7 to 10 pages. 3. USE APA CITATION FORMAT: You can find information on how to do this at http://csus.libguides.com/c.php?g=768155&p=5510615 or https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html NUMBER OF SOURCES: Have at least five “academic” sources on your final “References” page. Feel free to use more. CONTENT AND HEADINGS FOR THE PAPER I. PRE-INTERVIEW PREPARATION: TWO RELEVANT THINGS Your elder grew up in a certain environment at a certain time. A good social worker knows about the environment and times of a client. Therefore, before you meet with your elder, you must do research about the location the elder is from, and about what was happening in history. Write two relevant things that occurred or are significant about the elder’s life. This could focus on the any part of the elder’s life (historic event, cultural tradition or current disability). You must do research for this. Cite all sources for this preparation. II. THE INTERVIEW PROCESS Discuss the process of the interview. How many times did you meet? How did your elder respond to the interview? Was s/he excited about the interview, or was s/he hesitant? How did your elder react to your questions and your interest in him/her? What were the significant areas of discussion for the elder? Did s/he talk more about the childhood versus the adolescent years? Were there particular joys or traumas that were discussed? III. THREE RELEVANT THEORIES What three theories can you apply to this elder and his/her life experience? Was the elder oppressed due to gender and, therefore, feminist theory might be relevant? Define the theory and explain how the theory applies to your elder’s life. You can use any theory listed in the Hutchison (2012) book (such as the eight theoretical perspectives in chapter 2, or the gerontological theories in chapter 16). As well, check out the different theories/ideas in Solie (2004), such as the three different legacies. Remember to define/explain the theory prior to applying it to your elder. IV. SELF-REFLECTION Your entire education journey should be about increasing your level of critical consciousness and self-reflection. This portion of the paper will ask you to talk about those aspects of discovery with this assignment. How was this project for you? Did you have any hesitations? If so, what were the hesitations and where did these come from? Was it a particularly joyful assignment? Why? Did you go into it with some pre-conceived notions about “late adulthood” that stayed the same or did these notions change? How does it make you feel about your own elder years? What I am looking for is some of your own personal insights. I am looking for something that goes beyond the superficial.