Age Management in Different Cultures: Comparative View - Austria, USA, Finland (5cr)

Objective

The student deepens and analyzes his/her view of age management and its potential in responding to challenges of aging in society. The student is able to apply some working methods, which help him/her recognize the most common views of age management and find ways in developing age management in his/her work community.

Content

30.5.2012 9.00-12.15 Change and Inertia in the New York State Medicaid Personal Care
Services Program: An Institutional Case Study (PhD Toby Adelman)
30.5.2012 13.00-16.15 Ageing and work among health care professionals: part I (PhD Andrea Stitzel)

31.5.2012 9.00-12.15 Utilizing the Omaha Documentation System to Measure the Benefit of
Providing Rosen Method Exercise Sessions to Adults Fifty-Five and Older at
an Independent Living Complex to Increase Movement and Enhance Well Being (PhD Toby Adelman)
31.5.2012 13.00-16.15 Ageing and work among health care professionals: part II (PhD Andrea Stitzel)
Lecturers:
- Toby Adelman, PhD, RN, Associate Professor San Jose State University, USA
- Andrea Stitzel, PhD, Research Assistant, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria

Qualifications

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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment based on applied learning assignment (pass/fail). Assessment criteria will be introduced in the beginning of the course.