HST 4890 Health and Aging- Internet

INSTRUCTOR:  Dr. Kathleen Phillips
      Office: 1630 Lantz      Phone:  217-581-6315     
      Email: kphillips2@eiu.edu
      Office Hours:  Anytime by email

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to examine common health changes, issues and concerns as they pertain to the aging individual.

THEME: Educator as Creator of Effective Educational Environments: Integrating diverse students, subjects, strategies, and societies.

 OBJECTIVES:

• Interpret concepts and various theories about the causes and mechanisms of the aging process.
• Know the physiological changes associated with normal aging versus chances associated with age-related disease.
• Recognize the risk factors, symptoms, and treatment of common chronic conditions associated with aging.
• Understand other issues that affect the health and function of the elderly including substance abuse, medical care, long term care, and death and dying.
• Distinguish between behaviors that foster or hinder well-being in the aging body 

COURSE MATERIALS: No book is required for this class. All links to readings are provided.

COURSE OVERVIEW

• The class is broken down into 5 Modules.
• Each Module will require you to complete some Assessment questions, do some activities, respond to Module Discussions, and take a short Quiz.
• Each student will also be required to be a Discussion Leader at least once during the course.
• Each student will develop and submit a Final Project.

COURSE OUTLINE:

• Learning Module 1 – Overview of the Aging Population
• Readings: Ch 1,2,3
• Objectives:
• Identify trends in the aging population
• Distinguish among life expectancy, life span and years of healthy life.
• Utilize inventories and assessment to identify predictors of longevity.
• Use theories of aging to explain the aging process
• Learning Module 2 Normal Aging
• Readings: Ch. 3
• Objectives:
• identify risk factors that can be controlled and those that cannot be controlled for various conditions.
• Describe the normal aging changes in the various systems (the nervous system, the skin, the skeletal – muscular systems, and the senses.
• Identify changes in intelligence and memory with aging.
• Learning Module 3:  Aging Conditions
• Readings: Ch 4,5,6 pages 217-218
• Objectives:
• Compare normal aging and with signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease
• Identify the modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors of stroke, heart disease, urinary conditions and prostate problems.
• Explain the relationship of bone health to the development of Osteoporosis.

• Learning Module 4: Issues of Aging
• Readings: Ch. 13, 14,15
• Objectives:
• Identify components and problems with the Medicare systems and prescription drug coverage.
• Explain long term care options.
• Recognize the value of end of life documents

• Learning Module 5: Successful Aging
• Readings: Ch 7,9, 10
• Objectives:
• Identify exercise components important to healthy aging.
• List important nutritional requirements for the elderly.
• List ways to maintain health brain function.
• Identify the anti-aging ABC’s for developing mental and emotion health.
• Recognize the role of stress in the aging process.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Assessments (50 points) - Each module contains assessment questions that will direct the student to one or more web sites to find answers to a series of 5 to 10 questions about specific issues. 10 points each. [1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3; 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4; 1.5.1, 1.5.3, 1.5.4]
• Quizzes (50 points) - Each module has a short quiz based upon the worksheets, discussions, and other activities. 10 points each.
• Discussion Leader (25 points) - Each student is the leader for one discussion. The “leader” will select and research a topic (from a list of controversial topics provided), post an “Overview” giving the respondents some background information about the controversy and post 1-2 “Discussion Questions” to initiate the discussion. [6.1.3;7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.4, 7.3.2]
• Discussion Respondent (20 points) - Each student is expected to be an “active” participant in at least 15 of them during the course. Active participation means that each student responds to the questions posted by the Discussion Leader for the topic and engage in the discussion throughout the course of the week.
• Final Project – Profile of Aging (50 points) - The “Profile of Aging” is a written assignment that will provide a personal profile of aging. [1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.5.3, 1.5.4,]
• Movie/Book Recommendation (5 points) - Provide a recommendation, and reason for the recommendation, for a book or movie related to aging and/or this course. For books, provide the full title, author, date, and publishing company. For a film provide the title, date, producer, director, studio or distributor
                [Bracketed items are for HST Majors Only – Portfolio Items]

GRADING POLICY

 Undergraduate

Module Assessments     50                                       180-200  = A
Module Quizzes             50                                       160-179  = B
Discussion Leader          25                                       140-159  = C
Discussion Participant    20                                       120-139  = D
Book/Movie Review         5                                       <119        = F
Project                            50
Total Points                     200

Graduate
GRADUATE CREDIT: 
Students taking the course for graduate credit will be required to do an additional project that involves a research component.  See D2L for details. 

Module Assessments     50          225-250 = A
Module Quizzes             50          200-224 = B
Discussion Leader         25          175-199 = C                     
Discussion Participant   20          150-174 = D                    
Book/Movie Review        5          <149       = F
Project                           50
Grad Project                  50
Total Points                    250                     

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Academic Integrity – students are expected to maintain principles of academic integrity and conduct as defined in EIU’s Code of Conduct.   (www.eiu.edu/judicial/studentconductcode.php)
• Students with Disabilities – if you are a student with a documented disability in need of accommodations to fully participate in this class, please contact the Office of Student Disability Services (OSDS). All accommodations must be approved through OSDS. Please stop by Ninth St Hall, Room 2006, or call 217-581-6383 to make an appointment.
• Student Success Center - students who are having difficulty achieving their academic goals are encouraged to contact the Student Success Center ( http://www.eiu.edu/success/) for assistance with time management, test taking, note taking, avoiding procrastination, setting goals, and other skills to support academic achievement. The Student Success Center provides individualized consultations. To make an appointment, call 217.581.6696 or go to 9th Street Hall, Room 1302.