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Aug 31, 2025
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Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog
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HPA 576 - Aging and Health
An overview of topics relevant to the physical and psycho- social health of older adults and the policy and structural systems that affect aging/older adults in the United States. Specific topics include demographics of aging in the US, attitudes towards older adults and aging, physiological and pathological changes as humans age, health promotion/ disease prevention, health care delivery settings and structures, health insurance (including Medicare and Medicaid), aging in place, home health care, innovative models in healthy aging (US and internationally), and ethical/ legal issues relevant to older adults.
3 credits
Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)
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