Health Issues for Aging Populations

3 Credits.

Organizes three modules that explore: (1) cross-cutting social and policy implications of aging societies (demography, socially defined roles and expectations, disability dynamics and trends, housing and the built environment, disparities in aging), (2) clinical issues in aging (aging and geriatric medicine, chronic care, long term care delivery, and death and dying), and (3) financial consequences for individuals and society (financing of health and long-term care, retirement and economic security, sustainability of entitlement programs).