With the aging of America come new career opportunities. The Graduate Gerontology Certificate Program prepares professionals to assume leadership roles in aging. Courses of interest to older persons are taught at retirement communities, institutes for learning in retirement, adult continuing education programs, elder hostels, travel clubs, senior citizen and community recreation centers. Teachers in local schools and colleges are working increasingly with older learners.
Education is a life-long activity.
Settings include hospitals, managed care and HMO programs, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, community health centers, and professional offices. Program specialists and planners, public relations experts, project managers, and administrators can be found in the large number of private and public organizations that work with and for older people. Governmental branches targeted to the concerns of older citizens are found in most communities. More research is being conducted today concerning physiological, psychological and sociological aspects of aging than at any time in our history. This information is being disseminated at local, state, and national levels, and in a variety of contexts such as business, government, and charitable organizations.