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Gerontology
GERCTR 220 Demographics and Economics of Aging
Description:
This course seeks to provide students with the ability to obtain and utilize information about the demographic and economic status of the elderly in the United States and abroad and to examine the impact of these factors on their quality of life. Students will also learn about the aging network and the major health and social welfare programs and services for the aged. More Info
Offered in:GERCTR 240 Legislative Process and the Elderly
Description:
Legislative bodies and administrative agencies, through power and process, can have a profound impact on issues in the policymaking arenas. In order to advocate effectively, it is important to understand the state legislative process and to engage in strategic planning to influence the decision makers. More Info
Offered in:GERCTR 305 Concepts of Aging
Description:
This course builds a framework for understanding the biopsychosocial aspects of human aging and the older adult in the United States today. It explores a number of variables that are important to the study of human aging and fundamental to the planning and delivery of effective health and social services of older persons. Each student examines his/her own aging process regardless of his/her chronological age. More Info
Offered in:GERCTR 315 Working with Elders
Description:
This course will facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and skill to engage learners in a helping relationship with older adults. The structured experience of friendly visitation to a frail older adult provides an opportunity to perform in the role of an effective helper in purposeful relationship with a frail elder. More Info
Offered in:GERCTR 325 Applied Research in Aging
Description:
This 3-credit course is a project in conjunction with a community organization about an issue affecting the elderly. Students learn to clearly articulate significant questions, develop a research methodology, prepare instruments and gather data that informal debate on the issue. Students will participate in the design and implementation of a group field project. We will use mixed methods to explore the attitudes and behavior of these older adults. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
GERCTR 350 Influencing Aging Policy
Description:
This course explores policy and practice issues related to providing this important community-based care to a widening range of elders. Students will learn to identify strategies for changing or preventing the change of a major public policy; to compare and evaluate those strategies based on different theories or models of change; and to propose a specific implementation plan for some portion of that strategy, including a plan for evaluation its effectiveness. More Info
Offered in:GERCTR 355 Community Service with Elders
Description:
This course is linked to a project involving a community partner in which students focus on an issue, policy, medical condition, or some other aspect of aging in which the community partner is interested. Students research the issue from a variety of perspectives and work with the community partner to use the research to support advocacy efforts locally and nationally regarding policies to improve the quality of life for persons affected. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
GERCTR 401 Intervention with Elders in a Community-based or Institutional Setting
Description:
This course is designed as an experiential learning activity. The focus is on service-learning as an instructional activity designed to meet the needs of elders in a variety of institutional settings. Students are expected to reflect on issues germane to elders and on ways to address and/or resolve their social and/or health related service needs, long-term or short-term, through direct services. More Info
Offered in:GERCTR 411 Understanding a Gerontological Social Policy
Description:
This is the first part of a two-semester seminar leading toward more advanced work in gerontology. It offers students an opportunity to examine, discuss, and apply one of several current major social policy issues within the field of aging, and to study the challenges to everyday life from the perspectives of individuals, their families, and their communities. We will learn about advocacy efforts locally and nationally to support policies to improve the quality of life for persons dealing with the particular issue being studied. More Info
Offered in:GERCTR 415 History of a Social Policy in Aging
GERCTR 430 Health and Physical Aspects of Aging
Description:
This course focuses on the physical changes in the body associated with normal aging. There is a lessened reserve capacity in all organ systems in the body that increase susceptibility to disease and illness. Emphasis is on health promotion and disease and disability prevention. More Info
Offered in:GERCTR 440 Working on a Gerontological Social Issue
Description:
This is the second of a two-semester seminar focusing on Gerontological social issues and policies impacting older adults in Massachusetts and nationally. It offers students a more advanced opportunity to examine, discuss, and apply one of several current major social policy issues within the field of aging, and to actually work on the challenges presented by that policy to those advocating for individuals and their families. More Info
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