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GERO: Healthy Aging

Credits: 3
Course Number: 10-544-203

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Course Description

10-544-203 GERO: HEALTHY AGING ...overview of practices to promote healthy aging. This course will address nutrition, physical activity and prevention practices as well as an overview of medications commonly prescribed for the older adult. Emphasis will focus around the "well" elderly population and practices identified to address current aging trends.

Course Typically Offered

  • Fall
  • Spring

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How can I use this course to achieve my career goals?

This course is associated with the following programs:

What will I learn?

  1. Summarize healthy aging
  2. Examine one's own perception of health
  3. Investigate medication use by the older adult
  4. Relate nutrition to healthy aging
  5. Investigate complementary and alternative medicine use by the older adult population
  6. Correlate physical activity to healthy aging
  7. Analyze the importance of preventative strategies
  8. Promote successful aging within home and community.
  9. Explore sexuality and aging

Class Details

Class Number:
21119
Delivery:
Online
Term:
Spring 2025
Session:
8W2
Date Range:
-
Estimated Cost:
$496.55 *

Class Notes

  • This is an Online class that can be accessed anywhere using internet. For more information regarding this delivery and how to access your class, see www.nwtc.edu/onlinefaq.

Meeting Times

Dates Day(s) / Time Location(s)
03/26/25 - 05/20/25 Anytime
Anytime
Online

* Cost displayed is based on in-state residency. Back to cost