Grandmother Ella has been dealing with cancer for years now and has tried alternative remedies and juicing.  She went into remission for some time, but now the cancer has returned and she is in the hospital.  Her husband, of American Indian descent, has his ideas about what needs to be done as Ella comes to the end of her life.  Ella has her preferences, though she is now so weak that she has given up in many ways.  The family members are each experiencing their own fears and are grieving as they face the loss that will occur as Ella’s life comes to a close.  Ella prefers to die at home and has felt stressed by the discord and discomfort of family members since being hospitalized. 

You are the social worker for this case.  You meet this family in the hospital setting as they are considering whether the patient will remain there for her final days or whether hospice and palliative care will be provided for her in her home. 

For this assignment, you will:Synthesize the current research that is relevant to this scenario.Discuss the cultural or traditional issues that could arise at this time.  Consider how the integration of alternative and complementary medicine and beliefs, mainstream medical practices, and cultural/traditional rituals and practices might create issues and what they might include.
Describe how the family might react to the following possible scenarios:
Ella wishes to stick with alternative and complementary practices.Ella is coerced into following mainstream medical advice.Ella’s husband insists that, as father and husband, his family traditions should be adhered to.Examine the biological basis for care and describe how the choices for care might affect the other family members with respect to their individual problems, if at all.
Son Sam, the alcoholicDaughter Lila, with diabetesGrandson Josh, starting to have drug problemsGranddaughter Lucy, bipolar with more entrenched drug problemsDaughter-in-law, Sarah’s stress related to her family’s medical issues (nephew with leukemia, brother with HIV, and her father’s perspective that they are all “crazy!”)Discuss the micro, mezzo, and macro influences affecting both the patient and the diverse family members in this scenario as impacted by Ella’s medical condition and prognosis.
What are the pertinent and likely family (micro) conflicts and differences, and concerns that could be encountered? How is the neighborhood and extended family (mezzo) reacting to the situation?If she returns home, what considerations need to be taken into account as part of her discharge plan? Using your local area, research and present the needed or preferred community resources (macro) that would be available to them.  Critique the ability of these community resources to adequately meet the needs of this diverse family’s circumstances.Discuss the relevant medical issues and the advantages and disadvantages of hospital versus home.  When discussing medical issues in this case, use appropriate medical terminology. Discuss the psychological and social issues that are present and will possibly be more pronounced at this stressful time.  How has the fact that this illness has been ongoing (chronic) impacted the family?Analyze the current scenario as it pertains to diversity, as well as to cultural, psychological, and social perspectives and influences, taking into account the stories that you have been discussing throughout the course.Discuss the impact of lifespan development on the perspectives of the various members of the family (i.e., their intellect, cognitive abilities, insight, and judgment) as well as their sociocultural perspectives, preferences, understandings, and positions on the situation.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:Must be four to eight double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style

To earn extra credit, you will need to write at least a 500-word essay analyzing, from a social psychological perspective, how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted society. In other words, you can explore how people are reacting to the pandemic (e.g., fear leading to hoarding behavior) or how other people’s behavior regarding the pandemic are affecting others. For instance, using the persuasion chapter you could analyze how the messaging about the pandemic is effective or not effective (e.g., whether people are following guidelines to social distance). Using the chapter on group influence you could analyze how the people around you or even those in virtual spaces influence your own actions regarding COVID-19 (e.g., seeing others violate social distancing guidelines influences your own adherence to the guidelines). Using the stereotyping and prejudice chapter you could explore the rise in xenophobia and discrimination directed toward Asian Americans. These are just a few of the ways to analyze how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted society and people’s behaviors or attitudes. There are, of course, a multitude of other ways to analyze this pandemic’s impact so feel free to choose any way that interests you. Below are important guidelines you will need to follow in order to earn extra credit points. If these are not followed you will not receive any points. NO EXCEPTIONS.

1) Your essay must be at least 500 words. Use the word count option in word to ensure that your essay meets the word count requirement. DO NOT use the character count.

2) Make sure to cite any source you use—this includes the textbook. Please do not plagiarize.

what is the current cultural issue in Indonesia?

For this discussion, I’d like you to think about Henry Sayre’s conclusion that “Initially, drawing was not considered an art in its own right, but only a tool for teaching and preliminary study. By the late Renaissance, it was generally acknowledged that drawing possessed a vitality and immediacy that revealed significant details about the artist’s personality and style” (p. 180).

Tell us what you think about this observation – is drawing merely a tool to be used in the service of other artistic media, such as painting or sculpture? Or should drawings, for example, Kathe Kollwitz’s Self-Portrait, Drawing (fig. 8-11), and preliminary studies such as Leonardo da Vinci’s Study for a Sleeve (fig. 8-5) and Study of a Woman’s Head (fig. 8-6) be considered works of art in their own right? Explain your reasoning.

In your post, think about and discuss what you think constitutes “art” (or even “good” art, if you want to get more specific). Now that you’ve had some time to think about the various principles and elements that make up what we call “art”, what separates art that is worthy of a museum gallery from doodles or other visualizations that most people wouldn’t consider to be art? Be sure to incorporate the vocabulary you’ve learned recently (Does true art need to be representational, for example, or does it need to have content/subject matter? What formal qualities and design elements might separate art from non-art?)

Protecting Your Computer System

Do’s and Don’ts

Abstract

This paper explores the computer security process of preventing and detecting unauthorized use of computers. I will also discuss:

A. The prevention measures (do’s and don’ts) to help you stop unauthorized users (also known as “intruders”) from accessing any part of your computer system.

B. Detections methods that help you to determine whether or not someone attempted to break into your system;

a. If an attack was successful

b. If so, what they may have done.