SWK 461 - Aging Issues and Services

Institution:

Cairn University

Subject:

Description:

An overview course designed to familiarize students to issues connected to aging while exploring their own attitudes about aging in order to prepare them to engage older people with their professional disciplines. Topics include aging demographics; physiological, social, and psychological changes; services and interventions; social policies; legal issues; models of successful aging; and biblical perspectives. First semester.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.cairn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 752-5800

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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