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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

312025 (v.1) Social Work with Older People 342

Area: Department of Social Work
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Workshop: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     312012 (v.2) Social Work Integrity and Accountability in Practice 241 or any previous version
    OR
    2803 (v.6) Law (Social Issues) 210 or any previous version
AND
    312017 (v.2) Social Work Counselling Individuals 242 or any previous version
    OR
    1636 (v.6) SW 122 - Practice Models 1 or any previous version
AND
    312018 (v.2) Social Work Lifespan, Resilience and Risk 241 or any previous version
    OR
    10016 (v.5) SW 231 - Statutory Work or any previous version
AND
    314510 (v.1) Health and Health Behaviour 130 or any previous version
    OR
    313395 (v.2) Health and Health Behaviour 100 or any previous version
    OR
    311236 (v.1) OT241 - Contextual Determinants of Illness, Disability and Health or any previous version
Syllabus: This unit explores how experiences of ageing are mediated by gender, age, sexuality, cultural heritage, lived experience and the human body. Students will be required to analyse current discourses about ageing, care, risk and resilience and examine their impact on shaping policy and practice. The unit will evaluate theoretical approaches to understanding experiences of ageing and integrate assessment and intervention skills for working effectively with older people.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 090501 Social Work
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

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