Potluck! 9th week in the Life Course Scholar’s class was simply amazing. We began with a potluck that included goodies such as; Lemon cake, chocolate chip cookies, muffins, parfait, fruits, salads/veggies, yummy little chocolates of which I don’t know the name, this really yummy dish that Dr. Bussell made and much much more. Once we settled in and got our foods we got more feedback on our poster boards. They were shown in the overhead (much bigger than our laptop) and the whole class and professors gave us feedback on what to work on. I really loved everyone’s poster, they were all unique and amazing in their own way, however I really liked how John and Micah’s board was designed because it didn’t have to much but it also didn’t have to little and their designs and pictures made it so appealing! Overall they were all great but I really like how they put theirs’s together. On our board we were told to made sure to add captions to our pictures, less wording on our frameworks and adding the date. I think it was great seeing it up in the overhead because it allowed us to see what needed to be improved. After seeing it up there we made edits on the feedback given, we also deleted 2 frameworks that were not really visible in Barrio Logan which were Respect/social inclusion &Civic Participation/Employment.
• Respect/Social Inclusions focuses on respectful and inclusive services for the elderly through intergenerational activities and public education.
o We did not really get to see this because there weren’t a lot of elders in the community and the
one we did see was in their electrical wheelchair just going around Barrio Logan. Did not seem to
be in any intergenerational activity && as mentioned the Senior Center in Logan was closed, we
believe it needs more funding.
• Civic Participation/Employment focuses on the range of options available for elderly to participate including employment, training, accessibility, pay and value.
o We did not see this in Barrio Logan, the store we visited was filled with younger adults not
elders working and the restaurant I visited with my husband (in front of the market and
affordable housing) was filled with young, attractive women working only.
Overall in our board we suggested that city officials implement new methods of traffic control, safer bike lanes, better sidewalks, shelter on bus stops, improve water sewages and the two frameworks listed above. (Image of template after edits)
After getting feedback from the boards we went into the readings, I was one of the presenters and that week’s theme was on Inequalities in Health and Morality: Gender, race and class. My story was about an elderly women known as Doña Toña who was a curandera (healer) and how she used her herbs, prayers, “magic” to heal people but although she did this many people thought she was a witch and would give credit to the doctors after being healed, rather then her. Folk medicine is very common among many ethnicities but it can also be seen as some sort of witch craft to many people. In this story the author illustrates how different positions of the system (inequalities) influence people to use different strategies to manage their illness when the medical system is of no help. Not just that but access, quality and health status are key inequalities we see in this world. This passage clearly shows how the lack of quality in care from a doctor results in a woman (Doña Toña) offering her methods to help cure people, although these people never give her credit for her work. The quality, access and health status that people receive needs to be IMPROVED but in a system like we are, I think it will take time or maybe it wouldn’t ever because I see this system in the medical field or policies etc. just basing their needs off money not what people actually need or want.
We ended the class with a survey and I just want to end this blog by saying how amazing being part of LCS was and maybe I will do a blog that will explain why I think it was amazing just to summarize everything!
• Respect/Social Inclusions focuses on respectful and inclusive services for the elderly through intergenerational activities and public education.
o We did not really get to see this because there weren’t a lot of elders in the community and the
one we did see was in their electrical wheelchair just going around Barrio Logan. Did not seem to
be in any intergenerational activity && as mentioned the Senior Center in Logan was closed, we
believe it needs more funding.
• Civic Participation/Employment focuses on the range of options available for elderly to participate including employment, training, accessibility, pay and value.
o We did not see this in Barrio Logan, the store we visited was filled with younger adults not
elders working and the restaurant I visited with my husband (in front of the market and
affordable housing) was filled with young, attractive women working only.
Overall in our board we suggested that city officials implement new methods of traffic control, safer bike lanes, better sidewalks, shelter on bus stops, improve water sewages and the two frameworks listed above. (Image of template after edits)
After getting feedback from the boards we went into the readings, I was one of the presenters and that week’s theme was on Inequalities in Health and Morality: Gender, race and class. My story was about an elderly women known as Doña Toña who was a curandera (healer) and how she used her herbs, prayers, “magic” to heal people but although she did this many people thought she was a witch and would give credit to the doctors after being healed, rather then her. Folk medicine is very common among many ethnicities but it can also be seen as some sort of witch craft to many people. In this story the author illustrates how different positions of the system (inequalities) influence people to use different strategies to manage their illness when the medical system is of no help. Not just that but access, quality and health status are key inequalities we see in this world. This passage clearly shows how the lack of quality in care from a doctor results in a woman (Doña Toña) offering her methods to help cure people, although these people never give her credit for her work. The quality, access and health status that people receive needs to be IMPROVED but in a system like we are, I think it will take time or maybe it wouldn’t ever because I see this system in the medical field or policies etc. just basing their needs off money not what people actually need or want.
We ended the class with a survey and I just want to end this blog by saying how amazing being part of LCS was and maybe I will do a blog that will explain why I think it was amazing just to summarize everything!