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Jul 03, 2024
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GERO 430 - Aging and Health (3 units)
Increases awareness of health issues in aging. Issues include definitions of health, high-risk elderly, and future aging.
Units of Lecture: 3
Core Status: Diversity
Offered: Every Spring
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to describe the interrelationships between health and aging.
2. Students will be able to identify the normal physical changes that occur in the aged.
3. Students will be able to discuss theoretical perspectives about the process of aging.
4. Students will be able to identify social and economic factors that affect health in the elderly.
5. Students will be able to distinguish attitudes toward aging among various cultures.
6. Students will be able to describe the physiological changes that accompany aging and their effect on medications used by the aged.
7. Students will be able to identify the chronic disease processes that afflict the aged.
8. Students will be able to discuss the definitions that define the aged.
9. Students will be able to discuss health promotion in the aged.
10. Students will be able to report on issues of aging that will arise in the future.
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