Topics will include the social, psychological and physical effects of aging. The course discusses the effects of eating habits and chronic diseases on nutritional needs, and compares the nutritional requirements of older persons with those of the younger generations. The course shall address the legal concerns of the elderly, including issues involving incompetency and guardianship, protective services, least restrictive living alternatives and advocacy activities on behalf of the elderly. The course will review trends in a society with a growing elderly population, including law and ethics regarding quality of life issue and will review court cases and legislation involving aging issue and practical aspects of protecting the rights of the elderly. Analysis of human development from young adulthood through old age.
Main emphases are upon social and emotional changes associated with various stages of adult life.
Crises typically encountered by individuals in their twenties, thirties, forties, etc. are discussed, including shifts in self-concept, sexual desires, attitudes toward life, conceptions of death, etc. Development during the period of old age will be stressed. Cross-listed as SOC 367. The essential elements of retirement planning. Cross-listed as FIN 375.