Psychosocial health management 3. The project option involves innovation in a new or existing health care system or group which must be justified on the basis of the literature and community assessment. The project report must include at least short term evaluation of the project. The goal of the thesis option is knowledge discovery. Research questions and methods must be justified by a review of the literature.
Data collection is limited to a small series of cases, interviews, or surveys.
Students are counseled in the selection of their topics and choice of options beginning early in the program. Thus, papers written and work completed throughout may be integrated into the capstone experience. Inquire in the department for more information. Consideration of epidemiologic findings will be used to identify subgroups of elders at risk for disease. Topics include changes in mentation, motivation, learning, adaptation, social embeddedness, intergenerational relations, loss, sexuality, living arrangements, long-term care issues, caregiver roles, and role strain.