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COURSE SYLLABUS: Promoting the Care of the Elderly: A Family Approach


Course Title: CS561 - Promoting the Care of the Elderly: A Family Approach
Department: Social Work and Counseling
Instructor: LaFawn Hamm, MSW, LCSW, E-Mail -- Vita
Office Hours: Tue, Wed, and Thu evenings
Prerequisites: BS in Social Work, Counseling or a related field; open to Bachelor students by permission of instructor.


Required Texts   Online Bookstore

Care of the Elderly; A Family Approach, by Elsie M. Pinkston and Nathan L. Linsk. Pergamon Press (Elsevier) (1984). ISBN-13: 9780080309774 ISBN:0080309771

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The 36-Hour Day, 4th Edition, by Nancy L. Mace, M.A. and Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H., Warner Books (2007). ISBN-13: 9780801885082

Course Objective:

Upon completion of the course students will understand the importance of helping the elderly to “age in place”, the challenges involved and the role families play in the emotional and physical wellbeing of aging relatives.

Method: Promoting the Care of the Elderly: A Family Approach:
  1. Reading Assignments
  2. E-mail correspondence (one-on-one) with the instructor during the eight week course
  3. Message board and/or chat room for individual and group questions and discussions.
  4. Two written papers worth 20 points each
  5. Exams: Midterm and Final worth 30 points each
Grading Scale:

A 100 - 90 points
B 89 - 80 points
C 79 - 70 points
D 69 - 60 points
F 59 or less points
Writing Assignments:

Two written papers of 5-8 pages (doubled space) are due during this course. Use APA format for the papers.

Paper one is due by Friday of week 4 and must be completed before you can take the Mid-term test. Paper two is due by Friday of week 7 and must be completed before you can take the Final Exam.
  1. How “aging in place” has changed over the last 50 years and what has caused this change in your opinion.
  2. Pick another culture or ethnic group and explore the pros and cons of how they treat their elderly parents or family members.
For paper two you may choose to write about one of the following. Use the assignment name as the title of your paper.

  1. A summary of Clinical Baseline Interventions and which one you would use for your parent(s), or an older person you know, and why you would choose this design.
  2. Or what you see as the major challenges to “aging in place” and how those challenges could be impacted by a professional.
Reading Assignments:

At the end of each week post your reaction to what you have read on the message board or join in the chat room. This only needs to be a short paragraph or two.

Week 1: Week 2: Week 3: First paper due before you can take the Midterm Exam

Week 4: Week 5: Week 6: Week 7: Second paper due before you can take the Final Exam

Week 8: Grading:

Papers are worth a maximum of 20 points each
Midterm Exam = 30 points
Final Exam = 30 points
Total points possible = 100

Extra Credit is available upon request and with permission from the instructor. Points available are: 10 points for an exam on Adlerian terms or 20 points for writing another paper on one of the four choices given under writing assignments that you didn’t choose before. Extra credit will only be allowed if all other reading and written assignments have been completed.

Exams:

Exams will have 30 questions each. They will be True/False or Multiple Choice. There will be no essay questions and all questions will come from the text reading assignments. You will not be able to pass the exams if you do not do the required reading.

Due to security you will need to notify your instructor during “office hours” prior to taking exams so you have access when you are ready to take the test. Your are only allowed to take the exam once. There is a “sample exam” you may take to practice marking your answers.

Although all exams are automatically timed, I do not subtract points if it takes you longer. So go slowly and read carefully. There are no “trick” questions.

After completing the exam and clicking on the submit button, both you and the instructor will receive via e-mail a corrected graded copy of the exam.

GOOD LUCK!!