Healthy Ageing

Course aim

Students will extend their knowledge and skills in promoting healthy ageing and well-being of older people.

Course content

Demography and ageing population - implications for the provision of services; images and attitudes to ageing; aged related changes/development and adaptation - biological, psychological, sociological cultural and spiritual; health assessment; life as an older person; health promotion and maintenance; health education.

Textbook(s)

Miller C 2009, Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults: Theory and Practice, 5th, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia.

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

5 x Online Activities, Assignment - Health Promotion Activity, Literature Review

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.