Aging and Family Dynamics

Catalog description

This course examines aging and its connection to the family from a psychosocial, multidisciplinary, multicultural perspective. This class introduces the student to theories and methods in the study of aging. Issues in aging, including how aging is defined and its importance from a demographic and social perspective are discussed. The student is also introduced to biological, psychological, and social consequences of aging, including intimacy, caregiving, friends, living arrangements, working and retirement, and death and dying. Social policy implications are also addressed.