Having complete the course the student
- knows the basic global trends of population aging
- is familiar with the connections between aging and health on the population level, measured as mortality, healthy life expectancy, functional status and self-rated health
- can characterize and investigate health, functioning and their determinants in very old populations
- can analyze the challenges of population aging to health and social services
- can analyze the consequences of population aging to family, work and culture

Lectures, short written exercises and an written exam based on the lectures and the following literature:

Harper S. Ageing Societies: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities, Hodder Arnold, London, 2006

and the articles given by the teacher at the beginning of the course.