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Dec 26, 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. (GERO 430 and NURS 430 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. describe the interrelationships between health and aging.
2. identify the normal physical changes that occur in the aged.
3. discuss theoretical perspectives about the process of aging.
4. identify social and economic factors that affect health in the elderly.
5. distinguish attitudes toward aging among various cultures.
6. describe the physiological changes that accompany aging and their effect on medications used by the aged.
7. identify the chronic disease processes that afflict the aged.
8. discuss the definitions that define the aged.
9. discuss health promotion in the aged.
10. report on issues of aging that will arise in the future.
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