This certificate is offered for the first time at CPCC and involves an internship and course work. Course work will be offered once a month on Friday and Saturdays, and 10 hours a week of internship hours are completed at an assisted living site. Please contact Lyndall Hare to learn more.
Gerontology is the study of the process of aging.
It is multi-disciplinary. It includes studies of the physical body, family relations, personality, economics of later life, ethical issues, mental health, housing, employment and retirement. At this point in time gerontology is an exciting field to work in. In 1996 the baby boomers turned fifty. In the year 2011, these same people will be sixty-five years old.