GERO 5346 - Family in Late Life

Three credit hours.

Family life of the elderly, including late-life marital relationships; widowhood and living alone; relations with children, grandchildren, siblings, and other kin; alternative and innovative lifestyles; family neglect and abuse of the elderly; and demographic and structural changes in the family and society that affect these matters. Exploration of dynamic and therapeutic models of family problems and process to provide a foundation of concepts for later training in counseling families with elderly members. The family as a natural support system for the elderly, along with the potential and limitations of such a system in a context of community support networks, will be core concepts. Dual listed in the Undergraduate Catalog as GERO 4346.

Prerequisites: GERO 2300.