This assignment will give you the opportunity to select a health condition common to older adults from the approved list of health conditions for this assignment and to obtain at least 8-10 scholarly references. One reference must describe your selected health condition, two references must pertain to conventional western (allopathic) prevention and treatment of the health condition and two references must pertain to complementary/alternative prevention or and treatment of the health condition.  Please remember to use correct APA format for your reference list!

List of approved health conditions:

-Cardiovascular disease

-High blood pressure (hypertension)

-Osteoarthritis

-Osteoporosis

-Rheumatoid arthritis

-Fibromyalagia

-Alzheimer’s disease

-Depression

-Anxiety

-Post-traumatic stress disorder

-Substance abuse

-Hypothryoidism

-Cancer

-Sleep disorder

-Lower back pain

-Adult onset diabetes

*Scholarly references include scholarly books, peer-reviewed journal articles, scholarly websites such as government, professional association and academic websites. No more than 1 website is allowed as a reference for your movie paper.

*Scholarly references include scholarly books, peer-reviewed journal articles, scholarly websites such as government, professional association and academic websites. No more than 1 website is allowed as a reference for your movie paper. 

RUBERIC:

Selection of a health condition that is common in older adults from the approved list of health conditions provided in the instructions for the assignment. (1 pt)

Provides at least 8-10 scholarly references that are no more than 5 years old

-1 scholarly reference that describes the selected health condition

– 4 scholarly references pertain to efficacy and safety of the use of conventional western (allopathic) treatment and prevention of the selected health condition

– 4 scholarly references pertain to efficacy and safety of the use of complementary/alternative treatment and prevention of the selected health condition.

(8 pts)

Writing and APA style : Use of correct grammar, punctuation, organization of ideas, and APA style paper formatting, reference citations, and list of references. (1 pt).

APA style: Please go the the Writing Resources folder to find the APA style folder.