GERO 300-3 Introduction to Gerontology (distance)
This web page is intended to help you find information for the GERO 300 assignments. For further assistance, you can contact Nina Smart, the Liaison Librarian for Gerontology, 778.782.5051 / nsmart@sfu.ca Monday to Thursday, or contact a librarian through SFU's Ask Us! service.
Contents:
- Course outline
- Services for Distance Education Students SFU Library guide
- Assignment 1: A Community resource for Seniors
- Assignment 2: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Literature finding books and articles
- Web pages and resources by unit
- Other useful Web sites and resources including community resources and statistical resources
- Style guides citing your references
Course outline and information
Course description: Examination of the aging process from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Physical and health factors in aging, economic and vocational factors in aging, family and community relations of older people, social policy and politics of aging.
For more information see GERO 300 course outline (most recent: Summer 2010) and WebCT
Assignment 1: A Community Resource for Seniors
- Red book directory of services for the Lower Mainland Also in print HV 110 V3 C5812 Subject term: seniors.
Assignment 2: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Literature
Books
Aging in contemporary Canada HQ 1064 C2 C423 2008
Aging as a social process: Canadian perspectives HQ 1064 C3 M38 2008
- To find books, search SFU online catalogue; search tips are on SFU Library Catalogue Search Guide. Sample subject headings:
Aging -- Psychological aspects
Aging-- Physiological aspects
Minority older people
Older people -- Housing
Old age in literature
Journal articles
- Ageline the social gerontology index and the place to find articles on your topic. Sample Subject term: Literature Reviews
- Databases in Gerontology if you want to search other gerontology indexes
- Journal articles in the gerontology indexes are generally scholarly; if you need to determine whether a journal is peer-reviewed see the FAQ What is a peer-reviewed journal?
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Moving from Citation to Article SFU guide on how to find the article once you've searched an index
Literature Reviews
- Start Your Research Here SFU guide to researching and writing a term paper
- The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It University of Toronto
Web Pages by Unit
Unit 1 Attitudes and Social Issues That Affect Older People
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Ageism: An Introduction Linda Woolf, Webster University
- Ageism: the quiet epidemic M. and L. Stones, University of Waterloo
other sites:
- National Institute on Aging (US)
- Bio-Psycho-Social myths and Fallacies of Aging University of Kansas Office of Aging and Long Term Care
- Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Unit 2 Population Aging (no course links)
Unit 3 Social Theory in Gerontology (no course links)
Unit 4 Knowledge Building and Older People
other sites:
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Gerontology and Aging e-journals current list of e-journals held by the SFU library
Unit 5 Gendered Life Course (no course links)
See also:Women's issues in Special Topics
Unit 6 Aging and Ethnicity (no course links)
Unit 7 Cognitive and Physical Performance (no course links)
Unit 8 Mental Well-Being and Mental Disorder
- Alzheimer Society of Canada
- Alzheimer's Association (US)
- American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
- National Institute of Mental Health (US)
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Alzheimer’s Disease International World Alzheimer Report "The benefits of early diagnosis and intervention"
other sites:
- Health Canada's Mental Health section
See also: Gero 409 Mental health and aging
Unit 9 Health and Determinants of Health
- Seniors in British Columbia: A healthy living framework
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Health Council of Canada "Funded by Health Canada, we are an independent, non-profit organization"
other sites:
- Health Care Renewal in Canada: Accelerating Change Health Council of Canada
- Canada’s Aging Population
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What Makes Canadians Healthy or Unhealthy? Public Health Agency of Canada
Unit 10 Successful Aging
- Canadian Association on Gerontology
- Healthy Living: Seniors Health Canada
- Profile of Seniors in British Columbia B.C. Ministry of Health Services
other sites:
- Age and sex profile statistics from Statistics Canada
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
- Ageism (FAIR) Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
- Age Inequality, Ageism, Gerontology SocioSite
- Administration on Aging (US)
- Seniors Health Canada
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FDA Information for Seniors Food and Drug Administration (US)
Unit 11 Families and Aging
- The Legacy Project
- The Ties that bind aging families The Vanier Institute of the Family
- Employment Insurance (EI) Compassionate Care Benefits Service Canada
other sites:
- Foundation for Grandparenting(US)
- Generations United (US)
- Grandparents American Association of Retired Persons
See also: Gero 408 Families and aging
Unit 12 Social Support and Caregiving no course links)
Unit 13 Work and Retirement
- Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP)
- Seniors at Work: An Update (StatsCan The Daily)
- Canadian workforce aging CBC
- Will you work until 70? BBC
- Administration on Aging (AoA)
- American Association of Retired Person (AARP)
See also: Older Workers and retirement in Gerontology Special Topics
Unit 14 Pensions and Economic Security for Older Canadians (no course links)
Other sites:
- Human Resources and Skills Development Canada including Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security
- AARP Money section
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Fact Sheet on the Economics of Aging in Canada Law Commission of Canada
Unit 15 Health-Care System and Policy
- Council of Senior Citizens’ Organizations of BC (COSCO)
- United Nations including “The Aging of the World’s Population”
- Policy Research Initiative Views on Life-Course Flexibility and Canada’s Aging Population
- Raging Grannies International
- Gray Panthers
- Online 96 Senior Cyborgs
- PoliticsWatch
other sites:
- World Population Ageing United Nations Population Division
- Raging Grannies International (and Raging Grannies of BC)
- Gray Panthers
Unit 16 End-of-Life Issues
- Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia
- On Death and Dying Interview With Elizabeth Kubler-Ross M.D.
- Five Wishes Aging with Dignity
- End of Life Issues MedlinePlus "brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations"
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Standard Representation Agreement (available though WebCT in Study Units/Unit 16)
other sites:
- Life After Loss American Association of Retired Persons
See also Gero 406 Death and Dying
Unit 17 Environment and Aging
- Annotated Bibliography on Universal Design British Columbia Ministry of Housing and Construction Standards
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Universal Design Education Online Global Universal Design Educators’ Network
other sites:
- CMHC Canadian Housing and Mortgage Authority
- Information for Seniors BC Housing
- Independent Living BC BC Housing
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Seniors' Healthy Living Secretariat BC Ministry of Health
- Alzheimer's Daily News
- American Seniors Housing Association
- The Center for Universal Design (NC State University)
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Seniors Services Society an amalgamation of the Seniors Housing Information Program Society (SHIP) and the Western Society for Seniors Citizens Services
See also Gero 401 Aging and the built environment
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Other useful Web sites
- Health Care in Canada 2012 (CIHI)
- Belzberg Library the virtual tour, but come in if you can!
- Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism a self-directed tutorial
- A Field Guide to Critical Thinking evaluating evidence
- ICYouSee Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web more evaluation
- How to Live to be 100 by Corliss and Lemonick
- Nun Study (and book: Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives HQ 1064 U5 S5936 2001)
- other sites:
- Resources for Older Americans National Center for Health Statistics (US)
- See also: Gerontology Information Resources for further information
Housing for seniors
- For an overview on housing for seniors in Canada, see Chapter 8 'The Lived Environment: Community and Housing Alternatives in Later Life" of Aging as a social process : Canadian perspectives HQ 1064 C3 M38 2008
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For statistical information see Chapter 4.1 "Living arrangements and the family" of A portrait of seniors in Canada Also in print HQ 1064 C2 P678 2007
Statistical information
- START WITH: A portrait of seniors in Canada Also in print HQ 1064 C2 P678 2006 Dozens of charts covering demographics, housing, income, health, education and other characteristics
- Fact book on aging in British Columbia (2006) Also in print HQ 1064 C2 F22 2009
- Census Canada 2011
- Population projections for Canada, provinces and territories, 2005-2036
- Aging Population Publications
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Education in Canada
Community Resources for Older Adults
- BC Housing "develops, manages and administers a wide range of subsidized housing options across the province"
- CMHC (Canadian Housing and Mortgage Authority) "Home to Canadians"
- Telus BusinessFinder aka the online BC Yellow pages
- Canadian Newsstand "full text of articles in major Canadian and small market BC newspapers" can search by Publication
- Citation Guide: APA SFU library guide
- Publication manual of the American Psychological Association BF 76.7 P83 2010 [It's also available at the GRC library, call number RE 550 P82 2001.] Chapter 2 has content and organization of a manuscript as well as examples of papers.
- APA style help from APA
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American Psychological Association (APA) Format from Purdue University
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