Course Catalog - Gerontology Studies
GERO 379 - Aging Studies Internship
Spring
This seminar will provide an opportunity for student interns in elder care to reflect on and discuss their internship experience. Students will explore family and community concerns in elder care including, but not limited to, autonomy, informed consent, care for elders with dementia, legal issues and options, society's responses, etc. Classes will involve didactic presentation, discussion of assigned readings, and discussions of situations drawn from the internship experiences of each class member and the professional experiences of the instructor, who is a social worker and certified care manager. One unit.
GERO 390 - Aging and Social Policy
Fall
This course analyzes federal, state, and even local aging policies, and reviews economics of aging on a macro level. Topics include the Older Americans Act, the relationship between aging policy and service provision, policy analysis (including the concepts of entitlements and intergenerational issues), lobbying, advocacy, allocation, health care financing (e.g. Medicare, Medicaid, insurance, HMOs/managed care), financial support (e.g. Social Security and private pensions), and costs of long-term care versus community based care. Also, implications for caregivers, both formal and informal, are discussed. One unit.
* The courses and descriptions listed above are taken directly from the official College Catalog.