Anthropology of ageing focuses on the human experience of ageing. During this course you will therefore be presented with various ways in which older people in different cultures deal with the ageing process. Social perspectives on this process of ageing are an important influence on this experience. As a result of the perspectives held by older people, and the wider social images that are shared by those around them, the approach towards the ageing process and the age-related diseases that are (as of yet still) intrinsic in this process is quite different. In this course we will touch upon different ways of seeing, experiencing and managing the ageing process. By taking the wider issues we touch upon in this course into account physicians, medical professionals, policy makers and others involved in the health behaviour of older people can increase their understanding of the treatment choices, retention and health perspectives of different older persons
Learning objectives
The student can explain concepts from anthropology and sociology and their related theories
The student is able to apply and review the value of these concepts to case-material
The student understands and can integrate different perspectives on age and ageing
The student is able to integrate and discuss explanatory models of disease
The student can explain and describe the influence of technology on perspectives of ageing
The student understands the background and premises of qualitative interviewing
The student is able to code, conceptualise and interpret qualitative interviews
Admission
Bachelor degree
Examination
Interview and interview analysis with older person (see blackboard/course booklet for details)
Examiners
Dr. J. Lindenberg
T. Puvill, MSc
Registration
info@leydenacademy.nl for places available
Contact
Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing
Rijnsburgerweg 10
Leiden
Tel: 071-5240960
info@leydenacademy.nl