A. Apply administrative knowledge and skill to lead and coordinate the work required for an aging-related health care facility, agency, or organization.
B. Promote understanding of the complexity of the normal aging process as affected by acute and chronic pathological processes.
C. Be familiar with the array of services that represent long term care, and how to appropriately interpret them.
D. Take the nursing home administrator licensing examination. Those students who wish to qualify for licensure in nursing home administration will need to complete requirements associated with the Administration in Training (AIT) certification; these hours "in training" may count toward practicum requirements.
E. Work toward becoming a licensed social service worker (SSN). See the Associate Director for Graduate Studies for more information.
Students who select this track will be:
A. Familiar with state and government regulations,
eligibility requirements, and services provided by programs
funded under the Older Americans' Act and in the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
B. Able to network with and implement plans with federal, state and local agencies for the support and care of older adults.
II. Potential Employment or
Doctoral Work:
A. Nursing homes
B. Home health care agencies
C. Adult Day Services
D. Geriatric Case Manager/Gerontology Resource Specialist
E. Hospital transition units
F. Aging network organizations: governmental and non-governmental
G. Federal, state and local social service and planning agencies
in aging
H. Professional/Trade Associations dealing with related issues
III. Elective Courses for Long-Term Care and Aging Services Administration Track: (In addition to the 15 credit hour Gerontology CORE requirement.)
Master's Project
select a minimum of 12 (Thesis)
select a minimum of 15 (Non-thesis)
credit hours from the following:
GERON 5005 Race, Ethnicity, and Aging-Presents a broad overview of aging in the framework of race and ethnicity. Focuses on diversity and some of the multicultural factors that contribute to the life course such as socialization and life-chance differences of ethnic, racial, gender, and/or minority status.
GERON 6320 (3) Death, Dying, and Bereavement-Practical assessment and intervention strategies for working with dying and bereaved individuals and their families. Overview of clinical philosophical, spiritual, and social issues concerning dying and bereavement. Strategies related to personal growth and awareness of unfinished business emphasized.
GERON 6390 (2) Geriatric Care Management-Presents the practice domains of care management: comprehensive assessment, decision-making in care planning including implementation, monitoring, reassessment, and termination, quality assurance improvement, and resource selection, acquisition, and evaluation. Explored in the context of family and culture within specific economic, legal-ethical, and environmental constraints.
GERON 6392 (2) Geriatric Care Management II: Legal, Financial, and Business Issues-Presents the opportunity for students to gain insight and understanding into the creation, development, implementation and monitoring of a care management business through the development of a written business plan and in-depth discussions with small business owners. The course also reviews the domains of care management practice: assessment and care planning in the medical, emotional, cognitive, environmental and spiritual domains with an emphasis on the legal and financial domains of care management.
GERON 6395 (1) Geriatric Care Management Seminar and Practicum-Provides supervised skill development opportunities in comprehensive geriatric care management in a variety of settings working directly with elderly clients, their families, and those providing care, resources, and services. Emphasis is on service provision within the family's particular economic, legal-ethical, and cultural environment.
GERON 6960-090 (3) Special Topics: Aging and Social Work-This course focuses on social work practice with older adults, their families, and others in their support systems. Various roles of the social worker are examined with particular attention given to the development of skills and techniques of one-to-one, family, and group interventions in a variety of settings. The continuum of services and resources available to older adults, and the roles and functions of the social worker in these settings, are examined. Other considerations regarding practice with frail adults, such as interdisciplinary collaboration and ethical dilemmas,will be addressed. Students will be exposed to and will be encouraged to think critically about an array of situations, issues, and cases frequently seen by social workers who work with older adults.(on-line)
ECON 6190 (3) Health Economics-Economics of health care, health-care delivery systems, public and private health insurance, location of health facilities, and health-care inflation.
FCS 5240 Family Relationships in Middle and Later Life-Examines issues of adult development, intergenerational relationships, grandparenting, and family caregiving in middle and later life.
FP MD 6401 (2) Health Policy & Managed Care-Organizing and financing of health care institutions and alternative delivery systems. Roles, training, and distribution of health care professionals. Private and public sectors in health-care delivery.
H EDU 5100 (3) Health Care in the United States-Organization and financing U.S. health-care system; evolution of roles played by provider and consumer organizations in meeting community needs; changing health status of Americans, and proposals for improving health-care delivery system.
H EDU 5450 (3) Health Care Financial Management-Emphasis on critical financial issues in an era of health-care reform, oriented toward the needs of caregivers and managers in health service organizations.
H EDU 6790 (3) Health Service Administration-Opportunity for students to develop selected managerial competencies practiced by entry level administrators and provider/professional-managers in health services administrators and provider/professional-managers in health service organizations.
MGT 5510 (3) Human Resource Management-A survey course that examines the functions of human resource management and their strategic integration through policy formation. Topics include employee involvement, quality of work life, unionization, recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, performance, appraisal, compensation and benefits, work system design, and job enrichment, training and development, and strategic human resource planning. All management majors will be required to complete this course.
MGT 5680 (3) Human Behavior in Organizations-Examination of behavioral theories and research. Application to human-resource problems and administrative processes in service and production-oriented organizations. Focuses on decision-making, conflict resolution, and adaptation to change.
MGT 5770 (3) New Venture Development -How to originate a business organization to exploit a product. Marketing concepts, financial planning, sources of capital, and legal problems. Students prepare a business plans.
NURS 6774 (3) Finance and Budget-Introduction to issues in health care finance including effect of policy design and political influence on health care in the USA. Provides theoretical underpinnings and practice in design of system budgets, financial management, planning, and reporting.
POL S 6321 (3) Health Policy-Introduction to health policy issues in U.S.; needs and demands for public action; organization and nature of political support; process and problems of decision making in health policy areas.
SUMMARY FOR LONG-TERM CARE AND AGING SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Thesis
Gerontology Core 15 credits
Electives 12 credits
Thesis (GERON 6970) 6 credits
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TOTAL 33 credit hours
Master's Project (Non-Thesis)
Gerontology Core 15 credits
Electives 15 credits
Project (GERON 6975) 4 credits
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TOTAL 34 credit hours
Track Advisors: Yvonne Sehy, Kim Dansie, Anna Dresel
