PPS 813 - GERIATRIC PHARMACY

College of Pharmacy

Credits: 3

A course designed to educate students in the basic knowledge of attitudes and skills required to meet the pharmaceutical needs of the elderly. Topics include discussions of the aging process, physiological and psychological changes in the elderly, how these changes influence patient compliance and the responses to drug and nondrug treatments, monitoring drug use in long-term care facilities, and special community services available to the elderly.

Prerequisite(s):
Prereq: PHR 849, 852, 853, 854 and 856 or permission of instructor.
Crosslisted with: GRN 513