- HS 311a - Management of Aging Services and Delivery
This course provides an overview of current practice and future issues in management of aging services and delivery systems taught by professionals currently active in the field. It covers the range of service organizations and programs for people who are aging, the challenges and issues faced by managers in the day-to-day operations of these services, and how they meet these challenges and develop successful solutions. The course discusses the policy challenges and range of program options available for providing services to elders.
Instructor: Sarita Bhalotra
- HS 340a - Aging Policies and Programs: U.S. and Global Perspectives
This course covers a wide range of social policy issues related to aging individuals and societies. It views social policy broadly to include public policies at the federal, state, and local levels; policies of private organizations; and informal policies of families, religions, and racial and ethnic groups. The course lays a base of the historical and ideological antecedents of current policies in aging and presents and critiques alternatives for the future. It also covers the process of policy formation, including how aging plays out in the political sphere. The orientation is primarily towards aging policy in the United States, but policy alternatives from other industrial countries will be introduced for comparative purposes. This course is appropriate for both Masters and PhD students.
Instructor: Walter Leutz
- HS 525a - Aging Issues and Policies
Provides students with a base of knowledge about the policy arena and the politics of aging and an opportunity to explore selected policy issues in some depth. Focuses on a few areas that provide fertile ground for policy development and/or analysis, and has three components: (1) lectures covering background information; (2) discussions critically evaluating readings; and (3) student presentations. Projects and papers provide students opportunities to examine issues surrounding the design and implementation of particular policies, develop curriculum for particular topics, or undertake critiques of policies already in place.
Instructor: Staff
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