Health Services for the Elderly

Course Description:  Covers socioeconomic, cultural, and demographic trends affecting health and medical care for older persons; political and legal developments; healthcare facilities and alternatives to institutionalization; geriatrics and gerontology for the administrator.

Lamp/Sakai Portal: http://sakai.lampschools.org/portal

Course textbook

Required Text:        Pratt, J. R. (2010). Long-term care: Managing across the continuum (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

ISBN 978-0-7637-6450-0

Textbook website: http://www.jblearning.com/catalog/9780763764500/