UO Social Connectivity to Support Healthy Ageing

Course aim

To examine and understand the issue of social connectivity and the link to healthy ageing for individuals who are older or living with disability.

Course content

This course explores and critically analyses the importance of social connectivity for people who are older, including those living with impairment or vulnerability. Students will learn how to assess and evaluate the strength, and benefits of social connectivity for all people and then apply strategies around facilitating the development of strengthened social connections. Students will examine the impact of reduced social connectivity on people in order to understand the link to healthy ageing in a range of social contexts, as well as policy and economic implications.

Textbooks

Nil

Prerequisites

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
HLTH 1056	UO Health Systems and Services
HLTH 1054	UO Health and Society

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching Method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, ONLINE ACTIVITY
Online	10 weeks x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation