Social Work Gerontology: Biology and Health of Aging

Catalog description

This course will begin by covering age and health demographics, along with attitudes toward aging, health and disability. Basic cellular or molecular theories of aging will be presented, along with how the human body's organ systems typically change over time. Pathologies associated with aging and psychosocial responses to normal and pathological changes will be discussed. Such responses will be viewed within a sociocultural context where ageism, ableism and beautyism, as well as other forms of oppression, are present. Support services and resources for older individuals and their caregivers will be addressed.