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3.00 Credits
An overview of the types of care options available to serve independent and dependent elders; including senior centers, adult day care programs, assisted living and nursing homes. Regulations and management issues will be explored. Role of ombudsmen and advocacy organizations are discussed. Three hours lecture.
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2.00 Credits
Focuses on important factors in maintaining optimal physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health in one's later years. Intended audience: older adults and/or their family members. Two hours lecture. GE Area: Non-GE Applicable
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0.50 Credits
0.5 Unit This lecture and discussion class focuses on what is known about challenges to mental health and techniques of preserving positive mental health among older adults from diverse cultures. The two major challenges included are depression and stress. Differentiating normal responses to losses in late life from problems in need of treatments and options for prevention and treatment are discussed. One-half hour lecture. GE Area: Non-GE Applicable
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0.50 Credits
0.5 Unit The course is designed to review issues in providing appropriate cross-cultural health care, followed by specific information on palliative care at the end of life for diverse cultural populations. Religious issues are emphasized. It is appropriate for any interested students but especially appropriate for health professionals. Continued education credits will be provided for several disciplines. One-half hour lecture. GE Area: Non-GE Applicable
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0.50 Credits
0.5 Unit This course will focus on basic information on Geriatric Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery (GEP-RR) specific to older adults and important cultural considerations for ethnic elders and their families. Special needs of ethnic elders with diabetes and sensory loss will be discussed with case vignettes and application exercises. The intended audiences are health care and social service providers, students, and family and community leaders who care for older adults including ethnic elders. One-half hour lecture. GE Area: Non-GE Applicable
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0.50 Credits
0.5 Unit Cultural dimensions and familial dimensions of long term care. This interactive day of learning will maximize the circle of inquiry into the challenges and the rich opportunities that cultural and spiritual diversity provide in long term care. Intended audience includes, but is not limited to: psychologists, nurses, social workers, activity directors, geriatric case managers, long term care providers, pastoral care providers, and older adult caregivers. One-half hour lecture. GE Area: Non-GE Applicable
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1.00 Credits
This course provides an in-depth review of the issues related to the increased risk of depression and cognitive loss or dementia among elders with diabetes from seven ethnic backgrounds in which the risk of diabetes is greater than that of older Americans. Specific modules include: an overview of mental health risks for all elders with diabetes; sections on risk, culturally appropriate assessment and management of diabetes, depression and cognitive loss among African American, American Indian, Chinese American, Filipino American, Hmong American, Japanese American, and Mexican American; and issues in emergency preparedness for ethnically diverse elders with sensory limitation due to diabetes. Particular strengths of the curriculum are its in-depth information for each population on culturally appropriate nutrition for diabetes control among elders with traditional diets, and information on traditional cultural remedies. One hour lecture. GE Area: Non-GE Applicable
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4.00 Credits
A study of the development of visual communication in art, graphic design, illustration and popular culture. Emphasis on the role, impact and interpretation of images, symbols, and typography used in informative and persuasive media. Advisories: Not open to students with credit in ART 36 or GRDS 36. Four hours lecture, one hour laboratory. GE Area: Humanities
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1.00 Credits
0.5 Unit Activities in the book arts. Specific topics to be determined by the instructor. Repeatability: Any combination of GID 150, 150X, 150Y & 150Z may be taken for a maximum of 24 units. One hour lecture-laboratory. GE Area: Non-GE Applicable
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1.00 Credits
Formerly: GRDS 150 Activities in the book arts. Specific topics to be determined by the instructor. Repeatability: May be taken for a maximum of 24 units of credit. Two hours lecture-laboratory. GE Area: Non-GE Applicable
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