Ageing, Health & Well-Being (DL)

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Evaluate critically the factors affecting the health and social care of older people.
• Understand and evaluate major national initiatives in social policy for older people; in particular, assess the effectiveness of health and social care policies and initiatives for the quality of life of older people.
• Understand the links between the ageing process and health status, and the health implications of ageing for older people and their carers.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Skills in summarising and critically discussing literature.
• Written communication skills through the preparation of assessed coursework.

The module will include online lectures on: the contemporary British welfare state focusing on the organisation, finance and delivery of health care and social care; social policy, older people and quality of life; health and well-being in later life; healthy active ageing; inequalities in health and use of health care services; different models of successful coping with stressful life events; mixed economy of social care and the role of different providers (state, family, voluntary, private); needs assessment; partnership working; informal carers and work-life balance; the health care system in Britain and health care systems around the world.

Teaching and learning methods

The module involves lectures and guest lectures from different disciplines. The lectures revolve around the themes of measuring and comparing health, and policy climates of health and social care. Learning activities include lectures and independent study. Students are expected to carry out some reading in advance of each session, in order to be able to participate in discussions.

Expectations for the module: It is expected that students will listen to all lectures weekly. In addition students should aim to read 2-3 of the recommended readings (key readings are marked with a star *) for each lecture. Following this guidance will improve subject knowledge, enhance ability to write well-argued and well-evidenced assignments, and facilitate achieving higher grades.

Module communication: Students are welcome to contact module convenors and lecturers by email.

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Module resources will be available on Blackboard, such as lecture PowerPoint slides, audiorecordingsof lectures, key readings, coursework details, discussion boards and wikis, references andmodule updates. Students will be provided with guidance to use Skype for verbal/visualcommunication with tutors and to prepare and submit a PowerPoint presentation using Drop-Off..

Internet Resources

Focus on Older People.

Textbooks

Dannefer, D. and Philipson, C. (2010). The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology. London: Sage.

Phillips, J., Ajrouch, K. and Hillcoat-Nallétamby, S. (2010). Key Concepts in Social Gerontology,. London: Sage.

Glasby, J. (2017). Understanding Health and Social Care. Bristol: The Policy Press.

Johnson, M.L., Bengston, V.L., Coleman P.G. and Kirkwood, T.B.L. (2005). The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Assessment strategy

Assessment feedback is given in written formats. Formative methods of assessment are used throughout the module in providing students with ongoing feedback on their progress. Summative assessments are also used, focussing on specific evidence of students' knowledge and practice in a student essay (worth 100% of the grade). These are designed to assess the module learning outcomes.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External