GER501�� Contemporary Issues in Gerontology�� (8)
ER: Available only to Master of Health Science (Gerontology) or Graduate Certificate in Gerontology students.
This subject offers students a grounding in theoretical frameworks with which to approach the analysis of contemporary issues in ageing, and offers an opportunity to conduct an in-depth systematic analysis of particular issues.� The subject is conducted in two phases.� In phase 1 students are familiarised with political-economic, feminist, post-structuralist, and hermeneutic-narrative approaches to knowledge.� In phase 2, students choose to focus either on an intensive reading of the gerontological literature about work and leisure, health and well being, family relationships, incomes and housing, or another approved topic; or on an extensive case study documenting an area of contemporary policy and/or practice within gerontology, such as rehabilitation, mental health, retirement programs, income support and housing, or another approved area of policy and practice.