Caregivers Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography Instructions (Note my special population is Caregivers)
For this assignment, you will need to do the following:
- visit a real bookstore in the US and/or internationally OR
- visit an online bookstore, or publisher’s website either in the US or internationally AND
- surf the Web.
Objective: Find 5 resources about grief and loss and special populations (children, AIDs victims, miscarriage/stillbirth, etc.) NOT already discussed within this course.
Resources can be novels, other books or articles, either online or in real life. (Tell me where I can access the item if it is in real life.) Compile these into a document that you will submit in Module 7. Your bibliography should be a variety of these things, not all online resources.
Introduce your special population in a brief paragraph or two. Choose one special population to build your annotated bibliography around. You may then provide the citation and annotations.
- Note my special population is Caregivers. Please build my annotated bibliography around this.
o Caregivers create special circumstances as well. Increasingly, our elderly population is cared for at home by family members who are also spouses, daughters and sons, or sometimes even friends. The strains imposed by chronic illnesses are many, and particularly pronounced in caring for someone with an intellectual disability such as Alzheimer’s disease, a degenerative dementia which can progress over years until the client is no longer able to care for themselves. Grief and loss here are constants.
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The CITATION must include: the title, author, date, publisher or production company etc., and the LINK if it is online so I can access it. It must be dead-on APA accurate. Each entry also must include an ANNOTATION. The annotation is a brief , 4-5 sentences, typically no more than 150 word descriptive and evaluative paragraph. The annotation should summarize the central theme and scope of the book or article. It should inform the reader of the author’s point of view, the authority of that author, the intended audience and relevance as it pertains to the topic of choices. Annotations are not detailed.
Please use the APA guidelines for documenting citations within a paper. If you need assistance with APA documentation, visit the Library menu’s “Cite Your Sources link.
Remember, you will submit this assignment in MODULE 8. Start your research now, following these instructions.
Before you begin, read the following guidelines on annotating sources:
- How to Write an Annotated Bibliography (University of California, Santa Cruz Library): http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/annotated.html
- Writing an Annotated Bibliography, By Owen Williams, University of Minnesota, Crookston Library: http://www1.crk.umn.edu/library/researchresources/CRK_CONTENT_119694.html
How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography: http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill28.htm
Please submit your annotated bibliography in the drop box below.
Remember, your citations must be in APA format and must include: the title, author, date, publisher or production company etc., and the LINK [if an online resource]. Each entry also must include an ANNOTATION. The annotation is a brief, 4-5 sentences, typically no more than 150 word descriptive and evaluative paragraph. The annotation should summarize the central theme and scope of the book or article. It should inform the reader of the author’s point of view, the authority of that author, the intended audience and relevance as it pertains to the topic of choices.
If you need assistance with APA documentation, visit the Library menu’s Cite Your Sources link.
Caregivers for Grief, Loss and Special Populations in Elderly People
