For students wanting to study either a new topic or a topic in more detail. Topics vary according to students and instructor. Course provides information and experiences to develop and conduct physical activity programs for the elderly. Activities to maintain and improve health and fitness, and corrective and therapeutic activities are also presented. Overview of rural, non-metropolitan areas as they relate to older adults.
Course compares rural older adults to their urban metropolitan counterparts.
Examines nursing homes from historical, medical, managerial, environmental, and psychosocial perspectives. Introduction to psychology of aging. An overview of late life cognitive processes including intelligence, learning, memory, problem solving, and creativity. Examination of adult socialization, personality adjustment, psychopathology, and death. For advanced Gerontology students to intensively examine and discuss selected aging subjects.