Gerontology in Counseling
COUN 13
3 Credits
Hours
Instructors:
Mounir Ibrahim, M.D.
E-mail: mmibrahim@pol.net
Phone:
210-688-6190
Ihab Istafanous, M.D. E-mail: istafanous@uthscsa.edu
Course Description:
Our aging population is growing rapidly so that by the year
2025 it is estimated that the number of persons age 65 or over in
the US will increase by more than 100%. Also chronic
health problems are common in older adults and many normal changes
of aging are similar to and may blend in with symptoms of treatable
diseases.
This course will address the normal changes of aging and the
abnormal ones that need to be helped in counseling. We will explore
the roles of religion and spirituality and their implications for
the physical and mental health and psychosocial outcomes in older
adulthood.
Course
Objectives:
At
the conclusion of the course, students
should:
1-
Learn
the health changes expected with normal
aging.
2-
Realize
what older adults can do to maintain their physical and mental
health.
3-
Help
facilitate the spiritual growth in later life.
4-
Understand the challenges and dilemma of
aging.
5-
Understand the effects of Alzheimer’s disease on the victims
and their caregivers.
6-
Learn
how to help the disabled and dependent older adults to cope and how
faith can play an important role.
7-
Learn
how to help the depressed, the grieved, the anxious and the fearful
elderly.
8-
Be able
to figure creative living in later
years.
9-
Understand how to include the oldest-old in the church and
society.
Required
Text:
1-
Watkins, Derrel; Practical Theology for Aging.
Haworth Pastoral Press.
ISBN# 0-7890-2227-3
2-
Koenig, Harold; Pastoral Care of Older Adults. Fortress
Press. ISBN# 0-8006-2964-7
Recommended
Text:
Kirkland,
K.;
Spiritual
Therapy for the Elderly
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On-Site Lesson Schedule:
Readings
Prior to Arrival: Chapter 3 & 4: Practical Theology for
Aging
The Instructor will give an overview of the course and will
emphasize the important points.
Distance Learning Lesson
Schedule:
|
Week
Week
1 |
Lesson
Pastoral Care of Older
Adults |
Text Book
Assignment
Chapters 1 to
4 |
Test
Schedule
|
|
Week
2 |
Practical
theology for Aging
|
Chapter 6 |
Test
1+2
Due June
1st |
|
Week
3 |
Practical
theology for Aging
|
Chapters 7 - 8 |
|
|
Week
4 |
Practical
theology for Aging
|
Chapter 5 |
Test
3+4
Due June
15 |
|
Week
5 |
Practical
theology for Aging
|
Chapters 9 - 10 |
|
|
Week
6 |
Practical
theology for Aging
|
Chapters 2 to 4 |
Test
5+6
Due June
29 |
|
|
Assignment
|
|
Assignment
Due
July 6 |
|
Week
7 |
Pastoral
Care of Older Adults
|
Chapters 5 to 8 |
|
|
Week
8 |
Practical
theology for Aging
|
Chapters 11 - 12 |
Test
7+8
Due July
13 |
|
Week
9 |
Pastoral Care of Older
Adults
|
Chapters 9 to 12 |
|
|
Week
10 |
Pastoral Care of Older
Adults |
Chapters 13 to 15 |
Test
9+10
Due July
27 |
|
Week
11 |
Practical
theology for Aging
|
Chapter 13 |
|
|
Week
12 |
Practical
theology for Aging
|
Chapter 14 |
Test
11+12
Due August
10 |
|
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Bring
to San
Antonio
a CD with All your Answered Tests on it as well as your
assignment. Thank you. |
|
Final
TEST
Due August 17 |
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Grading
Scale:
|
Test
Schedule |
Percentage of course
grade |
|
A+ = 96-100
A- = 90-95
B = 80-89
Below 80 will get certificate of
attendance
|
Test 1- Test 12
Final Test
Assignment
|
60%
20%
20% |
Assignment
Topic:
As a
Church Helper, you are called upon to develop a “Guidebook for
Older Adults”
The
Booklet will include (in the
table of contents), at
least:
1-
Your Community Resources for the Elderly & for Alzheimer’s
disease, including phone #s &
addresses
2-
Research the important DOCUMENTS that senior adults ought to have
(medically & legally). Include the forms
used in your State.
3- Selected Biblical Verses to encourage the
seniors in their different stages of life
& different states of trouble & suffering.
Course
Requirements:
1. Attending the course’s lectures in the
announced conference.
2. Having daily access to the Internet and
basic typing skills.
3.
Turning assignments after the dead line may reduce the score by 25
%
4.
There will be a comprehensive final exam which will be following all
the rest of the work that has been completed and turned
in.
Note:
Your Assignment:
All papers must be typed or word-processed
using a 12-point Arial font. Papers must be doubled-spaced with
one-inch margins on all sides.
Your paper has to be an average of 10
pages.
1. First page is the title page (title, your
name, instructor’s name, course
name)
2.
Assignment
3. Last page is the reference
page.
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