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Dec 21, 2024
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2023-2024 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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DSLE 670 - Reaching Out: Institutional Settings; Families and Caregivers for SeniorsCredits: 2
Opportunities to serve the aging already abound, including the elderly living in our own neighborhoods and throughout our communities. The vast majority (90+%) live in their own homes or with their own families; 2/3 of those over 85 live in their own homes or with their families. 85% of those with dementia live in the communities (not in institutions). Further, loneliness in seniors is widely recognized as “an epidemic”: “1.4 million elderly report feeling lonely”, “while 80 years and older say that up to 80 per cent of the time they feel lonely”. This course provides an overview of this situation, a profile of those in our communities, and considers how we might respond.
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W)
Schedule Type: Lecture, Blended Learning
College Code: SEM
Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
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