Learning outcomes

Having passed the course the student is able to consider ageing and old age
as social and cultural phenomena. The student can analyze ageing as an individual
experience. The student understands the impact of health, social relationships and
social and health care services on old people’s wellbeing.

Contents

Social and cultural determinants of ageing and old age; ageing as an individual experience and as part of life-course shaped by health, social relationships, individual agency an social and health care service system.

Teaching methods

Studying and demonstrating command of obligatory and additional literature by exams. Obligatory literature, or part of it, can be performed together with obligatory literature, later as optional items or in the form of written essays. The themes and scope of essays are assigned by the teacher.

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
The adoption of contents of books and articles, and the adequacy of written essays are graded on a scale of 1-5 or failed.

Study materials

Obligatory literature

1)  Bond J., Peace S., Dittmann-Kohli F., Westerhof G. (eds.) Ageing in society. 3 ed. Sage Publications 2007 (4 ECTS)

Additional literature

2) Estes C.L., Biggs S., Philipsson C. Social theory, social policy and ageing. A critical introduction. Open University Press 2003 (2 ECTS)

3) Wilson G. Understanding old age. Critical and global perspectives. Sage Publications 2000 (2 ECTS)

4) Gilleard C.,Higgs P. Contexts of Ageing. Class, Cohort and Community. Polity Press 2005 (2 ECTS) or

5) Part of the additional literature can be replaced by articles appointed byt the teacher (2ECTS)

Belongs to following study modules