| Language of Instruction | 
                        Türkçe | 
                    
                    
                        | Course Type | 
                        Required Courses | 
                    
                    
                        | Course Instructor(s) | 
                         ASSOC. PROF. DR. HİLAL HIZLI GÜLDEMİR  | 
                    
                    
                        | Mode of Delivery | 
                        Distance Education | 
                    
                    
                        | Prerequisites | 
                        There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course. | 
                    
                    
                        | Courses Recomended | 
                        There is no recommended optional programme component | 
                    
                    
                        | Recommended Reading List | 
                        Kalınkara, V. (2016). Essentials of Gerontology: Sicence of Aging (2nd Ed.). Ankara: Nobel Publishing | 
                    
                    
                        | Assessment methods and criteria | 
                        1 Midterm and 1 Final Exam. | 
                    
                    
                        | Work Placement | 
                        There is no practice and work placement in this course. | 
                    
                    
                        | Catalog Content | 
                        Basic Concepts, Principals and History of Geriatrics and Gerontology; Demographic and Societal Transformation of Elderly and its Prevalence; Perspectives and Influential Factors on the Concept of Aging; Physiological Changes Regarding Aging; Chronic and Acute Health Problems in Older People, Life Quality in Older People and Improvement of it; Legislations, Legal Issues, and Ethics for Elderly and Institutions for Older People in Turkey. |