GERO 501 - Aging Policy and Practice
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- Credits
- 3
- Transfers To
- CSU
- Description
- This course is designed to give students an overview of key aspects of social policy as it relates to older adults as a population and individually. The course exposes students to the history and development of policy, and the variations in the policy-making process at the federal, state, and local levels, and introduce major programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the Older Americans Act, and the Elder Justice Act.