Course Description
10-544-203 GERO: HEALTHY AGING ...overview of practices to promote healthy aging. This course will address nutrition, physical activity and prevention practices as well as an overview of medications commonly prescribed for the older adult. Emphasis will focus around the "well" elderly population and practices identified to address current aging trends.
Course Typically Offered
Most NWTC classes are offered in 8-week sessions. Learn more about how our class schedule can help you succeed.
What will I learn?
- Summarize healthy aging
- Examine one's own perception of health
- Investigate medication use by the older adult
- Relate nutrition to healthy aging
- Investigate complementary and alternative medicine use by the older adult population
- Correlate physical activity to healthy aging
- Analyze the importance of preventative strategies
- Promote successful aging within home and community.
- Explore sexuality and aging
Class list
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Class Number: GERONT 10544203-1 - GERO: Healthy Aging