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Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2012 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2012 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

OT 461 - (D) Occupational Therapy Practice IV: Geriatrics

3 cr.


(Prerequisites: OT 346, OT 347, OT 356, OT 460) 

 An overview of frames of reference, evaluations, and interventions used to enhance elder’s well-being. Emphasis is placed on understanding the biopsychosocial changes and environmental contexts of elders.  The ability to provide holistic and humanistic elder care is facilitated through lab simulations, completion of a program needs assessment, and via service learning.Two hours lecture, two hours lab/week and 10 hours of service learning.