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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
5300. Computer Applications in Long-Term Care and Community-Based Services for the Aging. 4 hours. Overview of entire subject of small computers, including terminology, how computers work and capabilities of computers; effective application of computers in the field of aging, including laboratory experience with hardware and software commonly used by professionals delivering health and social services to the aged.
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3.00 Credits
5350. Basic Mediation Skills in Aging. 3 hours. This course, which utilizes negotiation and mediation principles and techniques, meets the dispute resolution training needs of individuals serving the elderly and their families. Included are such professionals as social workers, counselors, discharge planners, home health administrators, care managers, nursing home staff, adult protective service workers, ombudsmen, health and human services staff, and anyone else contracted to serve the elderly and their family members.
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3.00 Credits
5400. Health Delivery Systems. 3 hours. A cross-cultural overview of health delivery systems followed by an extensive consideration of all aspects of the health delivery system in the United States; government and private sector involvement in delivery of health services to the aged is emphasized. (Same as SOCI 5400.)
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3.00 Credits
5420. Introduction to Health Services Research. 3 hours. This course surveys the history of the development of the field of health services research; the interdisciplinary contributions of the disciplines of sociology, economics, anthropology, gerontology, political science, and public health to the field; and the use of survey research to collect information on health status and health services utilization.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
5500. Retirement and Retirement Preparation. 1-3 hours. Investigation of retirement as a social institution with emphasis upon the implications for the individual and society. Includes rationale, content and methods involved in retirement planning programs.
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3.00 Credits
5560. Seminar on Minority Aging. 3 hours. An examination of the current state of gerontological knowledge with regard to each of the federally designated minority groups in the United States: African-Americans, Asians/Pacific Islanders, Hispanics and Native Americans. Each student will have the opportunity to explore the state of knowledge about a particular group or a research issue across populations.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
5600. Housing for the Elderly: Planning, Public Policy and Research. 1-3 hours. Theoretical, research and practical literature concerning housing alternatives is considered. Emphasis is on the four housing development stages: need assessment, financing, physical design and management of a housing site; and how theory, research and public policy relate to each of these issues.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
5700. Social Gerontology. 1-3 hours. Demographic, social and cultural aspects of aging, with particular emphasis upon American society and the types of problems encountered by older people. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
5710. Health Aspects of Human Aging. 1-3 hours. Examination of general and cellular theories of aging and general age-related changes in various body systems. Issues covered include myths and facts about physical health and aging, normal age-related changes and common chronic illnesses associated with old age. Students will become familiar with medical terminology to facilitate effective communication with health care professionals who work with the elderly in both institutional and community settings.
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3.00 Credits
5740. Financial Issues in Aging Administration. 3 hours. Addresses the need of the administrator/manager who is not a financial expert to understand, identify and experience some applications of practical information related to financial/management issues in residential and community-based programs for the elderly.
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