Participation and skills practice format. Focuses on the mental and emotional health of adults over 65 years of age. Topics include theories of development, factors in healthy functioning, diagnosing and treating mental disorders, stress, grief, depression, suicide, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, delirium, dementia, Alzheimer s disease, alcoholism, insomnia, elder abuse, sexuality, homosexuality and institutional care. Program Evaluation 2 cr . Examination of strategies used in assessing the need for, implementation of, and effectiveness of interventions.
Students read reports and prepare proposals.
Topics in Gerontology 1-4 cr. Courses not a part of the regular Gerontology curriculum but taught because of special need, interest or opportunity, at upper division level. Aging changes evident in humans as the result of time interacting with molecular mechanisms of biological systems. Current knowledge of these mechanisms will be examined, followed by an application of the basic principles of biological aging to the systems of the body. Applies nursing concepts and issues related to normal aging process and common health deviations in the older adult.