Housing Transportation and Aging Questions and Case Study Discussion

 

 

2. Post your Samuel findings:

Step 1: Looking Back: How did he get there?

1. Based on his life story and the information in the “Housing Policies & Race Relations” historical chart, identify which policies/historical events likely influenced how Samuel arrived at his current housing situation. Be sure to also explain how and why these policies affected his trajectory to his current housing.
2. Based on his life story and the variables listed in “Factors that Impact Past, Current & Future Housing” (e.g., income, educational level, health, race, culture, public policy), identify which factors identified in Samuel’s story likely influenced how he arrived at his current housing situation. Be sure to also explain how and why these factors affected his trajectory to his current housing.
3. Using the paper/markers provided, draw a visual representation of how you see the above factors influenced Samuel’s trajectory/pathway into his current housing situation.

Step 2: Looking Forward: Where is he headed?

1. Using the information identified above, consider what Samuel’s housing situation will be in the future (e.g., as he ages). What type of housing will it be? Why?
2. Using the paper/markers provided, draw a visual representation of what you anticipate Samuel’s future housing situation will look like. Be sure to include the trajectory/pathway you anticipate he will follow, as well as the factors (and their specific influences) that you expect will lead to his future housing situation.

Step 3: Class Discussion:

1. Be prepared to describe/explain your group’s findings for Step 1 and 2 (above), using the visual representations you have prepared:
   1. What do you see as the factors that led Samuel to his current housing situation? Why?
   2. What do you see as the factors that will lead to Samuel’s future housing situation? Why?
   3. What roles do public policies play in determining Samuel’s past, current, and future housing situations?
   4. What challenges did your group experience in interpreting Samuel’s life course?
   5. How did you resolve these challenges?
   6. What role did your own social location have on how you interpreted Samuel’s past and future?                                                              part 2
   7. 1. What similarities/differences did you notice between the content of each presentations? Please be specific!2. What do you think accounts for these similarities/differences? Why?3. What can we learn about senior housing from this activity? Why?4. What questions/concerns do you have regarding this topic/activity?                                                                                          part
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   9.      1.  Select, consider and explain how one of the “Required” readings for this week (your choice) relates to Week 8’s Samuel activity and this week’s presentations/discussions (please be specific).2. Select, consider and explain how one of the “Module” readings for this week (your choice) relates to last week’s Samuel activity and this week’s presentations/discussions (please be specific).

Samuel is a 56-year-old science teacher who both lives and works in Robbinsdale, MN. He and Lisa have been married for 7 years—not long after they met at a support group for widowed spouses. After Lisa’s son, now 23, moved away for college, Samuel and Lisa moved into a split-level condo so that there would be room for Samuel’s father to come live with them some day. Samuel’s father, once a Tuskegee Airman, is a quiet but fiercely independent man who has other ideas. His father’s current memory lapses, however, have Samuel concerned that his father probably shouldn’t live on his own much longer.

Step 1: Looking Back: How did he get there? 1. Based on his life story and the information in the “Housing Policies and Race Relations” historical chart, identify which policies/historical events likely influenced how Samuel arrived at his current housing situation. Be sure to also explain how and why these policies affected his trajectory to his current housing.

2. Based on his life story and the variables listed in “Factors That Impact Past, Current, and Future Housing” (e.g., income, educational level, health, race, culture, public policy), identify which factors identified in Samuel’s story likely influenced how he arrived at his current housing situation. Be sure to also explain how and why these factors affected his trajectory to his current housing.

3. Using the paper/markers provided, draw a visual representation of how you see the previously noted factors influencing Samuel’s trajectory/pathway into his current housing situation. Step 2: Looking Forward: Where is he headed?

4. Using the information identified earlier, consider what Samuel’s housing situation will be in the future (e.g., as he ages). What type of housing will it be? Why?

5. Using the paper/markers provided, draw a visual representation of what you anticipate Samuel’s future housing situation will look like. Be sure to include the trajectory/pathway you anticipate he will follow, as well as the factors (and their specific influences) that you expect will lead to his future housing situation. Step 3: Class Discussion:

6. Be prepared to describe/explain your group’s findings for Step 1 and Step 2, using the visual representations you have prepared: a. What do you see as the factors that led Samuel to his current housing situation? Why? b. What do you see as the factors that will lead to Samuel’s future housing situation? Why? c. What roles do public policies play in determining Samuel’s past, current, and future housing situations?