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Health Issues for Aging Populations
This course introduces the study of aging, its implications for individuals, families, and society, and the background for health policy related to older persons. It presents an overview on aging from different perspectives: demography, biology, epidemiology of diseases, physical and mental disorders, functional capacity and disability, health services, federal and state health policies, social aspects of aging, and ethical issues in the care of older individuals. The Course Learning Objectives are: To introduce students to a range of health issues that older persons, their health providers, and society face in the next decade. These include the demographics and biology of aging, an understanding of the basic health and mental health issues, and policy decisions that state and federal government will need to solve related to these issues.
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- Material Type:
- Online Course
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- July 20, 2008
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- August 31, 2022
- Author:
- Lynda Burton, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Submitter:
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Cathy Swift
- Primary Audience:
- College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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- Mobile Compatibility:
- Not specified at this time
- Language:
- English
- Cost Involved:
- No
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- Unknown
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States
