Nursing Homes (the elderly and displacement)
A couple of years ago I wanted to be in the medical field, and I actually ended up doing a three year internship in a nursing home. It was a very eye opening experience that I owe a lot of growth to. It required patience, and emotional strength. Patience because many patients there are battling against mental disorders, some are very sick, and some are depressed. In the three years that I was there one characteristic that I say can describe most of the patients is Sad. That is where you need that emotional strength and stability. The hardest thing to see is an elderly be at the nursing home against their will, or an elderly start crying because they have nobody to visit them or sometimes they do and they just don’t come or call.
-What can the nursing facilities do to make the place feel more like home? (If it feels more like home the elderly would feel like they belong there)
Homelessness
I have had friends who were homeless, and it was difficult seeing them struggle the way they were. One of my close friends went from having a home to almost being in the streets. It affected her school work, and her social life. She was pressured into getting a job, and having to drop out of school to work full time. Having to step into adult mode to help her mother while having 5 younger siblings was difficult for her.
- How does the displacement of not having a home affect the younger population? What are some of the outcomes that come along with homelessness and the feeling of not having a place to call home?
Adoption
Adoption is always a soft spot for everyone because it involves kids who are placed under situations that they have no control over. Many are lucky enough to have homes and a family and then they are others who unfortunately don’t. I would love to adopt some kids in the future. And because I don’t know much about the topic researching will give me some idea on how many kids are in the adoption centers, maybe research how many kids are being adopted, etc. The research question here can be
1.How does the feeling of displacement for the kids at the adoption center affect their decisions as they grow up?
Color-ism, Discrimination based on skin color, also known as colorism or shade-ism.
Color-ism is very downplayed in our society. People discriminate when it comes to color. I myself have had my fair share with this issue. People feel like they don’t belong in their own community/race. I would love to focus on the way this issue affects the African American society.
Possible Questions :
1. How does skin discrimination affect young women in their own skin and their belonging to their ethnicity groups?