Instructions Assignment #4
Read the following two texts in our textbook:
Under Controversy 5, Reading 24: “The Case Against Paying Family Caregivers” by C. Jean Blaser – on pages 222-226 (in the 9th edition),
https://us.corwin.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/26809_5.pdf
and the text
Under Controversy 5, Reading 25: “For Love and Money” by Suzanne Kunkel, Robert Applebaum, and Ian Nelson – on pages 226 – 231 (in the 9thedition).
Please answer the following questions.
- Are there any valid reasons for prohibiting the hiring of family members to perform home care services? Draft a letter to your Congressional Representative suggesting why you think this practice should be permitted or why you believe such a practice is mistaken.
- According to the text by Kunkel, Applebaum and Nelson, does payment change the caregiver-care recipient relationship? Are these changes necessarily negative?
The total length of the responses (the answers to all four questions) should be at least 2 full pages (that is about 23 lines with double line spacing x 2 on US letter size, not including the question) and cannot be longer than 3 full pages.
- Use Times Roman, 12 (or similar);
- Double line spacing;
- Standard margins (1 inch on top and bottom, 1.25 inches on left and right side).