Chapter Questions
What benefits would work in the field of aging or gerontology have for you?
Based on what you have learned from this chapter, what are your next steps in planning and achieving your long-term career goals?
If you were to consider working in gerontology, what specifically do you think you might do in this field? What specific job might appeal to you as a career?
List some careers in aging that would require an advanced degree (i.e., a degree beyond the bachelor's degree).
What are some of the jobs that would enable a person to work with older adults but do not require a college degree?
If someone were still on the fence, so to speak, about whether to pursue a career that involved working with older adults, what should he or she do? What resources are available that can provide information to help with the decision-making process?
Why did this chapter begin by saying that you will almost certainly be working alongside older adults in just about any career that you choose?
Name one to three jobs that are not primarily gerontological or geriatric but do involve working with older adults nevertheless.
Several key themes of this book have been "diversity," "resilience," and "multigenerational relations." What is your understanding of these concepts now that you have completed reading this book?
What is the definition of a multidisciplinary gerontologist? How would a person develop such a mind-set?