GERO 575 - Dementia & Memory

3 credit(s)
Focuses on all aspects of the disease process, including medical management and caring for people
with dementing illnesses in acute, community, and long-term care settings. Topics include the disease process; effects on cognition, vision, balance, and motor planning; effects on performance of activities of daily living; caregiver stress; strategies for managing and evaluating care provided by family caregivers and healthcare professionals; analysis of clinical care of the dying; and the psychological issues of death and dying.