Undergraduate USA-WELF2021-2023

Ageing and Disability Friendly Environments

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Duration

10 weeks

Study method

100% Online

Available loans

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Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Start dates

18 Sep 2023

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Subject details

What you'll learn

By the end of this 10-week course, you’ll be able to:

Demonstrate understandings of what constitutes positive and healthy living for ageing and disabled persons.
Describe how the natural and built environment can affect ‘ageing in place’ and living with disablement.
Identify and evaluate age and disability friendly principles and apply these in practice
Critically assess and evaluate policy and planning for mobility, autonomy, independence, and quality of life of ageing and disabled persons

Topics covered

- Policy and Practice for Ageing and Disability
- Housing Design, and Ageing in Place
- Maintaining the Sense of Home Through Design and Care
- Promoting Accessible Transport Options
- Planning and Design for Inclusiveness and Health Promotion
- Mobility for Inclusiveness and Health Promotion
- Supportive Leisure Facilities, Parks and Trails
- Universal Design
- Assistive Technologies
- Emerging Areas: Dementia and Pets

Entry requirements

No eligibility requirements

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Description

This course examines ageing and disability-friendly design, planning principles, and policy as they relate to the natural and built environments. You’ll learn to apply these planning and design principles to analysing the home, transport and mobility, the workplace, leisure and recreation facilities, and urban spaces. Crucially, you will develop an understanding of the impact of natural and built environments on people who are ageing or living with disablement. The skills and knowledge you develop throughout this course will greatly enhance your practice approaches to working with lived experiences of disability and ageing in a range of human service contexts.

UniSA Online’s 10-week short courses give you the flexibility to upskill in a certain area, stay current with developments in your field, diversify your knowledge, or even explore a new direction in your career – without having to commit to the time and cost of a full university degree.

Delivered 100% online, you’ll be able to study where and when it suits you. Access online academic and student support seven days a week, fit study around work and life commitments, view learning resources 24/7, and log in to the interactive online environment anywhere, any time and on any device.

This is a second-year course from UniSA Online’s Psychological Science and Sociology degree. Please note: you are responsible for completing any relevant prerequisite courses before enrolling in this course.

Should your course have an exam it will be scheduled for Australian Central Standard Time or Australian Central Daylight Time, depending on the time of the year.

Assessments

Continuous assessment (60%)
Project (40%)

Textbooks

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