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Long Term Care and Mental Health > Aging and disability

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Learning Objectives:

Undergraduates should be able to 
  1. Describe the characteristics of aging
  2. Define disability and describe populations affected by disabilities
  3. Trace demographic trends of aging and disability in the US 
  4. Define gerontology and geriatrics.
  5. Define chronic illness
  6. Characterize the trends in chronic illness in the US
Graduate students should also be able to
  1. Explain the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging and of disability
  2. Define disability, functional disability, and measures of disability
  3. Define mental illness and component diagnoses
  4. Analyze demographic trends related to aging, disability and mental illness
  5. Differentiate characteristics of normal aging from disease
  6. Differentiate gerontology and geriatrics
  7. Find and use data sources on aging and disability

Created By: Gerod Blue 12-03-2012
Last Updated By: Kristi Donovan, MS, CAE 12-05-2012
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