Health and Psychology of the Aging

Catalog description

This course is focused on understanding issues relevant to health in the aging adult, with a focus on Mid- life (45-64 years old) and elderly (65 years old and above). The class is taught from a biological, psychological, and social perspective. Specific topics to be covered include healthy adult psychological adjustment, healthy aging coping strategies, social relationships, memory and intelligence in aging adults, dementia, wisdom, along with coping with dying and bereavement.