For centuries, people have been obsessed with staying young and even living forever. We spend billions of dollars on anti-aging products. We're told to look younger. We question whether older people ...
Scripps Gerontology Center is the premier source of practical, evidence-based insights and innovative new programs, reports, and policy tools that are helping transform aging services in Ohio and in ...
Gerontology studies the aging of human populations using social science, biology and health science. The Department of Labor projects careers in aging to be an area of high growth in the next decade.
Welcome to the website of the Department of Sociology and Gerontology at Miami University. We offer a variety of academic programs at the undergraduate and graduate level in criminology, gerontology, ...
Graduates of the DNP Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) Specialty are educated to care for adolescents and young adults to older adults and their primary care needs including ...
As we age, keeping our bodies active helps us stay healthier for longer and protects against chronic disease. We can also exercise our brains to prevent age-related mental decline with activities like ...
The University of North Georgia offers a Gerontology Certificate. This program is designed to enable students at the graduate levels to obtain a certificate in two to three semesters. To receive the ...
Jen Kahn-Pettigrew says ageism is one form of discrimination that we're all likely to experience. Growing older isn’t easy. Aging can bring on a host of issues, not least of which is bigotry. Ageism ...
Leonard Davis, who pioneered insurance plans for elderly people, helped establish the AARP and through his philanthropy made USC the nation’s leading university in gerontology studies and care, has ...
Unlike geriatrics, which concentrates on the medical aspects of aging bodies and how they change and adjust to change in elder years, the field of gerontology has a multidisciplinary focus.
Drexel University is authorized by the Washington Student Achievement Council and meets the requirements and minimum educational standards established for degree-granting institutions under the Degree ...