Dementia

Catalog description

This course explores the variety of dementias, experiences of people living with dementia, caregiver experiences, cultural understandings and approaches to dementia, cognitive assessment, ethical issues, and coping with loss and grief. The course may also include non-pharmacological care approaches, dementia friendly communities, delivering a diagnosis, dementia and intersectionality and family relationships. Underlying all course topics is a focus on what we as individuals and as a society can do to address the quality of life of persons living with dementia and to improve care systems and services. Special emphasis may be placed on the exploration of subjective experiences through course readings and film. Offered Occasionally.