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Interdisciplinary Innovations for Population Ageing (Second Run)

Population ageing is a global phenomenon profoundly affecting the well-being of communities. Disciplines such as Social Sciences, Design, and Engineering offer unique, insightful innovations for ageing societies. Along with providing solutions catering to their professional niche, these disciplines achieve creative and practical innovations through interdisciplinary collaboration. This course intends to explore and examine the process of incubating innovations in these three disciplines and help the learners to appreciate the synergy created when working toward innovations by adopting an interdisciplinary approach.

Subjects:

Social Sciences

Keywords:

Older people -- Government policy Older people -- Services for Technology older people Ageing

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MOOC
Courseware

Health Issues for Aging Populations

Introduces the study of aging, its implications for individuals, families, and society, and the background for health policy related to older persons. Presents an overview on aging from different perspectives: demography, biology, epidemiology of diseases, ethical issues in the care of older individuals, and more.

Subjects:

Social Work and Human Services

Keywords:

Older people -- Mental health Older people -- Health hygiene Older people -- Services for Aging Medical policy

Resource Type:

Courseware

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