LTC 310 - Aging in America

• Assignments: 6 Units
• Interactivity: Discussion Board
• Final Assessment: None

• View aging as a bio-psychosocial process rather than a simple event and understand self, family, colleagues, and clients as aging individuals. 
• Differentiate between normal changes of aging and illness states common in aging individuals. 
• Apply major theories of aging from biology, psychology, and sociology to interpret how people age in U. S. society. 
• Identify societal, community, and health care resources for positive and successful aging. 
• Identify some of the political, social, and economic issues important to health care systems as they deal with the needs of aging clients. 
• Recognize the wide range of existing alternatives for delivery of health care to aging people, and identify opportunities for development of additional services based on identified needs and societal trends.

 

Credits: 3