Courses Handbook 2009

7814 (v.7) Social Perspectives on Ageing 492


Area: Department of Social Work
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Individual Study: 1 x 8 Hours Weekly
Workshop: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 3681 (v.7) Social Policy 303 or any previous version
AND
4055 (v.9) Working in Human Service Organisations 301 or any previous version
AND
    10770 (v.4) SW 324 - Advanced Practice or any previous version
    OR
    6948 (v.4) SW 399 - Honours Research or any previous version
AND
13196 (v.4) Working in Aboriginal Contexts 300 or any previous version
Syllabus: The focus of this unit is the older person as an individual in a social context. The unit addresses ways in which the discourses of ageing impact on the older person's experience and well-being. Policy developments in Australia are also examined based on demographic perspectives. Issues such as, ageism, poverty, abuse, retirement and residential decision are explored.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 061300 Public Health (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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