Inclusive & Comprehensive Care of Aging Adults

3 credits

This course provides advanced knowledge and clinical skills in providing primary care to older adults. Emphasizing evidence-based practice, the course focuses on holistic, comprehensive primary care, health promotion, disease prevention, management of acute and chronic diseases, ethical decision-making and palliative care for aging adults. Evaluation of social determinants of health, gender identities, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic, political, physical, cognitive and psychosocial status and its impact on the delivery of patient-centered for older adults and their support system. This course will assist students in fostering a healthcare environment where older adults feel respected, understood, and supported in receiving quality primary care services.