Center Fellows to offer several gerontology courses in Fall 2009
"Health Interventions: Understanding and Improving Physical Function and Independence in Older Adults"
In two years, the first of about 78 million baby boomers will turn 65. This population change will have a huge impact on many professions. "Health Interventions: Understanding and Improving Physical Function and Independence in Older Adults" will identify strategies for sustaining and improving quality of life. Topics will include perceptions of independence and frailty, technology, exercise, falls, abuse and sexuality.
Taught by Center Director Steven Zweig, MD, MSPH, and Assistant Director David Oliver, PhD, this graduate course is cross-listed as Family and Community Medicine 7001, HDFS 7001, Nursing 7001, Public Health 7001 and Architectural Studies 7001. Contact Megan Clark at clarkmr@missouri.edu or 884-8421 for more information.
Social Work 7001: International Aging Policy
This online graduate course, taught by Angela Curl, PhD, assistant professor, highlights social policies that affect older adults and teaches policy analysis skills. By utilizing a cross-national focus, students will broaden their knowledge and understanding of aging, policy and the world.
Course topics include population aging (demographics, diversity, theoretical perspectives); philosophical paradigms and policy frameworks (models for analysis, types of justice); and international issues and trends (work, retirement, poverty, physical health, mental health, accessibility, long-term care, home- and community-based care, elder abuse/neglect, human rights, international policy process).
If you have any questions, e-mail Dr. Curl at curla@missouri.edu.
HDFS 8460: The Life Course Perspective
The Life Course Perspective has become one of the most frequently used approaches in the developmental sciences in the past 2-3 decades. This approach focuses on development across the lifespan, and how it is influenced by historical and institutional forces, as well as other dimensions of context (e.g., neighborhood, school, work place).
This class closely examines key concepts (e.g., transitions, trajectories), tenets (e.g., early events have a cumulative impact over time), and methods (e.g., life history calendars) of the life course perspective. It also will familiarize students with how the life course perspective has been used to study families and development from childhood through old age.
In Fall 2009 the course will be offered Mondays from 4:45-7:30 p.m. by Dr. Teresa Cooney (882-4649 or CooneyT@missouri.edu).
In two years, the first of about 78 million baby boomers will turn 65. This population change will have a huge impact on many professions. "Health Interventions: Understanding and Improving Physical Function and Independence in Older Adults" will identify strategies for sustaining and improving quality of life. Topics will include perceptions of independence and frailty, technology, exercise, falls, abuse and sexuality.
Taught by Center Director Steven Zweig, MD, MSPH, and Assistant Director David Oliver, PhD, this graduate course is cross-listed as Family and Community Medicine 7001, HDFS 7001, Nursing 7001, Public Health 7001 and Architectural Studies 7001. Contact Megan Clark at clarkmr@missouri.edu or 884-8421 for more information.
Social Work 7001: International Aging Policy
This online graduate course, taught by Angela Curl, PhD, assistant professor, highlights social policies that affect older adults and teaches policy analysis skills. By utilizing a cross-national focus, students will broaden their knowledge and understanding of aging, policy and the world.
Course topics include population aging (demographics, diversity, theoretical perspectives); philosophical paradigms and policy frameworks (models for analysis, types of justice); and international issues and trends (work, retirement, poverty, physical health, mental health, accessibility, long-term care, home- and community-based care, elder abuse/neglect, human rights, international policy process).
If you have any questions, e-mail Dr. Curl at curla@missouri.edu.
HDFS 8460: The Life Course Perspective
The Life Course Perspective has become one of the most frequently used approaches in the developmental sciences in the past 2-3 decades. This approach focuses on development across the lifespan, and how it is influenced by historical and institutional forces, as well as other dimensions of context (e.g., neighborhood, school, work place).
This class closely examines key concepts (e.g., transitions, trajectories), tenets (e.g., early events have a cumulative impact over time), and methods (e.g., life history calendars) of the life course perspective. It also will familiarize students with how the life course perspective has been used to study families and development from childhood through old age.
In Fall 2009 the course will be offered Mondays from 4:45-7:30 p.m. by Dr. Teresa Cooney (882-4649 or CooneyT@missouri.edu).
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