| Course ID: | GRNT 7500E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Smart Technology in an Aging Society |
Course
Description: | Exploration of how technology enhances the experience of aging
from public health perspectives. Includes acceptance,
implementation, ethics, privacy, and policy factors which
influence and shape older adults’ and caregivers’ adoption of
healthcare. Designing and evaluating technology prototypes to
promote health behaviors for aging-in-place. |
| Oasis Title: | Smart Tech in an Aging Society |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in GRNT 7500 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. Examine current and emerging health technologies
2. Explore how such technologies can impact the aging experience
among a range of aging contexts, including healthcare, home use,
and assisted living
3. Analyze the ethical, implementation, acceptance, privacy, and
policy factors which influence and shape older adults’ and
caregivers’ adoption of healthcare technologies
4. Design in interdisciplinary teams a proposed new or
redesigned technology prototype idea to promote health behaviors
for aging-in-place |
| Topical Outline: | I. Introduction to Aging and Health Technology
II. The Aging Experience; Challenges to Aging-in-Place and
Caregiving
III. Design and Application of Technology for Older Adults
IV. Assessing Technology and Aging: Ethics, Privacy, and Policy
V. Theoretical Perspectives on Technology and Aging |