Graduate Program

Course Credit: 4

1. Concepts of Ageing: Older Person; Ageing Process; Population Ageing; Healthy Ageing, Active Ageing and Successful Ageing, Independent Ageing; Challenges and Resources of Older Persons. Ageing Effect, Cohort Effect and Period Effect. 2. Ageing Effects in Different Levels: Individual, Couple, Family, Friends, Neighbor, Community, State and Global Levels. Impact of Ageing on Individual and Society. 3. Social Gerontology: Definition, Origin, Development, Scope and Importance of the Study of Gerontology. 4. Ageing-A Global Phenomenon: Longer Life and Increasing Challenges and Needs; Reciprocal Role and Responsibilities of Young and Older Generations in Families, Organizations and State. Older Persons Association (OPA). 5. Theories of Ageing: Biological and Social Theories- Hay flick’s Ageing Clock Theory, Wear and Tear Theory, Modernization Theory, Disengagement Theory, Activity Theory, Sub-culture Theory etc. 6. Addressing Old Age: Recognition and Preparation; Ageing Issues in Academia, Media, Politics, Culture, and Local and National Development Initiatives.

Course Credit: 4

1. Demography of Ageing: Ageing Index; Population Structure and Ageing; Dependency Ratio; Life Expectancy; Population Projection; Population Pyramid; Demographic Transition Theory 2. Demographic Situation and Trends of Ageing: Global and in SAARC Region; Structure and Future Ageing in Bangladesh- Size, Growth and Projections. Migration- Internal and International and their Effects on Older peoples’ Life. 3. Situation of Older Women: Demography; Family and Social Relations; Living Arrangements; Challenges; Widowhood; Care Giving; Feminization and Victimization of Ageing; Older Women of different Marginalized Communities. 4. Safety and Security of Older Women: Status of Older Women in Different Culture; Realization of Inherited Property and Dower Money; Ageing Agenda in Women Development Initiatives and Organizations in Bangladesh.. 5. Human Rights of Older People: Meanings, Philosophy and Historical Development; Constitutional Provisions on Human Rights of Older Persons in Bangladesh; Global and Bangladesh Situation of Human Rights of Older Persons. 6. Older Persons Rights in Different Charters: Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Conventions and Declaration of United Nations and other Authorities; UN Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Older Persons-1995

Course Credit: 4

1. Psychology of Ageing: Personality Pattern; Self-image of Older People; Stress and Defense Mechanism; Memory and Learning; Creativity and Contribution; Spirituality, Emotion, Depression and Suicide; Dementia, Delirium and Alzheimer’s disease. 2. Elder Abuse and Neglect: Ageism; Pseudo-respect; Nature and Impact of Elder Abuse and Neglect; Dependency and Interdependency; Ageing and Sexuality; Myths and Mass Attitudes towards Ageing and Older People. 3. Fields of Ageing: Social, Psychological and Cultural aspects of Ageing; Population Ageing in the Twenty First Century; Biological, Psychological, Social, Functional and Legal Age; Statutory Retirement Age. 4. Socio-cultural Aspects of Ageing: Older People in Developed, Developing, Marginalized and Ethnic Societies; Ageing Experiences in Pre-industrial and Industrial Societies; Age Norms, Work, Retirement and Leisure; Age Discrimination in Employment, Work Place, and Social and Public Functions. Funeral Arrangements. 5. Adjustment Pattern in Later Life in Bangladesh: Psycho-Social Changes with Age; Images of Ageing; Relationships; Independence; Safety and Security; Death, Dyeing, and Bereavement; Loneliness and Adjustment; Living Arrangements of Older People. 6. Ageing and Power: Age and Political Participation, Voting Behavior, Political Leadership and Political Attitude of and on Older People; Seniors’ Movement- Challenges and Prospects.

Course Credit: 4

1. Age Related Changes in Human Physiology: Health and Health Related Problems in Old Age: Common Health Conditions and Diseases; Pathological Changes; Causes of Illness; Health Hazards, HIV/AIDS and Older People, Mainstreaming Ageing into National Health Policy of Bangladesh. 2. Geriatric Care Management: Concept, Standard and Practice Guidelines for Geriatric Care; Long-term Care, Palliative Care and Respite Care; Code of Ethics for Geriatric Care. 3. Geriatric Nutrition: Ageing and Nutrition; Geriatric Food Pyramid; Drug, Diet, Discipline and Life Style; Food Intake, Habit and Food Safety; Physical Activities and Exercise in Old Age. 4. Geriatric Medicine: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment; Geriatric Health Maintenance; Epidemiology; Pathogenesis and Risk Assessment of Older Persons; Frailty; Hospital Management of Older Adults; Drug Prescribing for Older Patients; Elderly Patients Management; Alternative Medicine. 5. Age-Related Changes: In Vision and Hearing; Geriatric Screening and Prevention; Older Women’s Health; Evaluation and Management of Cognitive and Cardiac Disorders (CHF, CAD and Dysrhythmia); Geriatric Gait and Movement Disorders. 6. Functional Assessment: Geriatric Pharmacology; Immunizations in Geriatrics; Stroke; Urology Problems; Prostate Cancer and Hypogonadism; Dysfunction; Osteoporosis; Sexual Dysfunction in Old Age ; Treatment of Persistent Pain in Older Adults.

Course Credit: 4

1. Age Care-giving: Indigenous and Modern Systems of Age Care; Necessity of Special and Professional Care of Older Adults. Social Work- a Social Technology in Age Care. 2. Gerontological Social Work and Geriatric Welfare: Concept, Scope, Objectives, Functions, Importance, Methods and Strategies. 3. Problem Solving Process: Psycho-social Study; Problem Identification; Service Giving; Evaluation and Follow-up; Systems Perspective. 4. Study Techniques: Observation, Interview, Discussions and Document Analysis; Rapport Building. 5. Case Management: Referral, Intake and Engage; Assessment; Problem Identification; Service Planning: Developing a Strategy for Action; Service Coordination: Defining and Linking; Making Optimal use of Informal Resources ( Family, Friends and Neighbors, Religious Affiliations, Self-Care group and Mutual Help Systems etc.); Home Care Service. 6. Community Settings: Ecosystem Model Analysis; Situation, Problems, Resource and Need Assessment; Intervention Strategies; Advocacy and Lobbing; Challenges to Geriatric Social Workers in Dealing with Older Persons, Society, Government, Culture, Funding Sources and other Communities in Bangladesh; Service Monitoring and Supervision; Reassessment and Outcome Evaluation; Ethical and Cultural Consideration.

Course Credit: 2

To help the students in a group through inter-active process, students will be assigned for field visit in agencies and/or families or informal places where older people are involved or usually reside. During the visit they will interview the older person(s), related fellows, caregivers and/or the management, observe their condition, examine programs and activities suitability, find out challenges and recommend probable ways and means to that end. They will prepare group study report and finally make formal presentation. They will be provided sufficient orientation on how better to conduct field study and paper presentation using multi-media and other systems. Students will be placed for field visit and presentation in a group under the GGW faculty supervision, and present to accomplish the objective of something new as an additional knowledge.

Course Credit: 4

1. Managing Organizations Working with Older Persons: Understanding Organizations from a System Perspective; Organizational Culture; Organization and Management Theories; Management Role and Tasks- Planning, Organizing, Controlling, Leading and Managing Time, Change, Technology, Board, Donor and Public relations etc. 2. Managing Human Resources: Human Resource Policy; Job Analysis; Recruitment and Hiring; Staff Training and Development, Designing and Organizing Training; Training for Formal and Informal Age-Caregivers; Volunteers; Staff Performance Evaluation; Rewards and Termination. 3. Managing Finance: Fiscal Policy; Budgeting Issues; Funding Sources, Resource Mobilization and Challenges in Fund Raising; Accounts Keeping and Auditing; 4. Managing Data and Information: Utility and Importance; Integrated Management Information System (IMIS); Steps to Develop an IMIS. 5. Managing Old Homes and other Age-care Giving Organizations: Management; Finance; Accommodation; Facilities; Safety and Security; Capacity Building of Caregivers. Respite Care; Assistive Leaving; Public Attitude and Support; 6. Management Excellence: Monitoring, Supervision and Measuring the Effectiveness of Organizations Working with Older Persons.

Course Credit: 4

1. Poverty and Older Persons: Livelihood, Inequality, Discrimination, Poverty and Social Exclusion in Old Age; Beggary; Re-employment; Safeguarding Property and Inheritance; Older People and Microcredit; Older Peoples’ Association (OPA) and Income Generation Initiatives. 2. Disaster Management and Older Persons: Concept of Disaster, Climate Change, Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability, Types of Disaster: Natural and Man-made Disaster, Older Peoples’ Participation in Disaster Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Mitigation. 3. Disasters and Older Persons: Climate Change Experiences among Older People; Older People in Disasters—Victims and Resources; Vulnerabilities and Disaster Risk Reduction; Older Persons’ Resources in Disaster Management; Impact of Disasters on Older Peoples’ Health, Shelter, Employment, Economy and Bondage. 4. Vulnerability and Risk Management: Risk Assessment; Age and Gender Perspective in Hazard Analysis and Management; Access of Older Persons in Emergency Management Process; Older Persons Situation and Challenges in Disasters; Coping Strategies of Older Persons in Disasters; Indigenous Knowledge. 5. Disability and Ageing: When Ageing and Disability Intersect; Disability-accelerated Ageing; Acquiring Disabilities with Ageing Process; Multiple Disabilities; Extended Service Needs; Assistive Technology and Assistive Living; Modernization, Contemporary Technology and Older People; Gender, Disabilities and Ageing. 6. Older People in Marginalized Communities: Marginalization in Old Age; Older Persons in Major Marginalized Groups- Ethnic Minority, Religious Minority, Sex Minority, Social Minority; Older Persons with Special Challenges in Marginalized Communities.

Course Credit: 4

1. Geriatric Nursing: Concept and Competence of Specialty Nurses in Care of Older Adults; Specific Nursing Care Plan for Older Persons with Chronic Diseases; Geriatric Nursing Care Facilities in Hospital Setting. 2. Nurses Role: Nurses’ Role in Elderly Care and Attitude towards Elderly Care, Nursing Process in Elderly Care, Holistic Gerontological Care, Family Role and Elderly Care. 3. Geriatric Physiotherapy: Concept, Principles and Approaches of Geriatric Physiotherapy, Specific Physiotherapy Modalities and Treatment Techniques for Geriatric patients; 4. Geriatric Occupational Therapy: Concept, Areas of Occupation, Occupational Therapy Process, Role of Occupational Therapy in Elderly Care, Geriatric Rehabilitation and Health Promotion Techniques, Challenges for Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy and ICF, Acupuncture, Acupressure; Modern Hearing Aids for Older Adults. 5. Geriatric Dentistry: Oral health and older adults, Community aspects of geriatric dentistry, Medical problem as well as disease- and therapy-induced oral disorders in Old Age, Access to dental care among older adults in Bangladesh, Development of geriatric dental education. 6. Legal Services and Older Person: Life and Property Protection; Legal Aid and Older Persons, Usefulness and Universal Principles of Legal Aid, Role of legal Aid Worker in Protecting Elderly Rights, Role of Organizations Working with Elderly People for Legal Services

Course Credit: 4

1. Traditional Support Systems: Family, Kin, Neighbors and Friends; Community and Religion. 2. Government Initiatives: Retirement Pension System- 1925; Old Age Allowance- 1997-1998; National Policy on Older Persons- 2013; Maintenance of Parents Act- 2013. 3. NGO Initiatives: Bangladesh Association for the Aged and Institute of Geriatric Medicine (BAAIGM); RGEWA; BOPUK; RIC; BWHC; RPOWA etc. 4. INGO Initiatives: Help Age International (HAI); International Federation on Ageing (IFA); Sir William Beveridge Foundation, WHO etc. 5. United Nation’s Initiatives on Ageing: First World Assembly on Ageing 1982 in Vienna (VIPPA); UN Principles for Older Persons; International Day of Older Persons (IDOP); International Year of Older Persons-1999; Second World Assembly on Ageing 2002 in Madrid (MIPPA); Macao Plan of Action on Ageing for Asia and the Pacific. International Institute of Ageing (INIA). 6. Ageing Issues in Different General and Professional Academic Curricula and in Media in Bangladesh.

Course Credit: 2

1. Research in Gerontology: Definition, Types and Utility; Concept, Variable, Assumption, Hypothesis, Theory, Challenges and Ethical Issues in Gerontological Research. 2. Approach and Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches: Experimental and Non-experimental Methods: Survey, Narrative Research, Phenomenology, Grounded Theory, Ethnography. Case Study, Document Analysis, Cross-sectional Research, Longitudinal Research, SWOT and PEST Analysis.etc. 3. Steps in Research: Literature Review, Study Design (PP), Sample and Sampling Procedures, Data Collection Techniques and Instruments, Staffing, Data Processing and Analysis, Report preparation. 4. Use of Gerontological Research: In Policy Formulation, Service Planning, Project Evaluation.

Course Credit: 2

Participation in research laboratory work on the area of ageing and older people related issues, the projects are anticipated to start at the very beginning of the Second Semester. Under the direct supervision of relevant faculty members, students in different groups are expected to identify research problems, design the study, collect and analyze data and finally prepare a report.

Course Credit: 2

The concerned Examination Committee will undertake viva-voce on theoretical courses, seminar and practice research activities.