HMS 317 - Aging and the Family

Credit(s): 3

Aging and the Family course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the process of aging and senior adults. This course reflects the multi-disciplinary field of gerontology, which includes the historical, cultural, biological, physiological, psychological, and social aspects of aging. This course focuses on typical changes, support needs and outcomes experienced by adults and their family members as they age, and the quality of their relationships across the life course. Students in this course receive an understanding of aging, which prepares them for careers advocating for and helping older adults and their family members. Students in this course typically seek employment in settings where they work with mid-life to older adults, along with their family members. To gain an understanding of family Gerontology by using a bio-psycho-social framework to examine the historical, cultural, biological, physiological, psychological, and social aspects of aging. Emphasis is given to the changes that are associated with aging and the resulting dynamic interactions between older people and their environment.