Aging and Health.

Catalog description

Designed to introduce students to the basic aging and health concerns of older people and to broader issues of aging, health and society. Examines the: demography of the aging population, biological theories of aging, social and psychological aspects of aging. Includes such issues as nutrition, drugs, exercise, sexuality, patterns of health services utilization, institutionalization, alternatives to the provision of long-term care in institutions, and dying.