Objectives: * Knowledge of the sociodemographic phenomenon of aging. * To understand old age and the aging process within the global social context. * To understand population aging. Processes and factors. * To know the metaphors of aging and its social image. * To distinguish between clinical and social aging. Agreements and disagreements. * To adequately value the phenomenon of retirement and the resources to prepare for it. * To know and understand family and intergenerational relationships in the field of aging. * To deepen in the stages of aging and the possible increase of deficiencies with their adaptation processes. Isolation and loneliness. * To understand the state of the question of the dependency/autonomy binomial. * To deepen in the social policies addressed to the elderly. Different models. * To know the social services in Gerontology. Primary and specialized services. * Study of social planning in Gerontology and the study of needs and demands. To know the models of programming, management and evaluation. * To deepen in the study of an active leisure with a special treatment of social tourism. * To know the processes of health and quality of life with the development of healthy habits and preventive programs. *Study of the social and family problems of the elderly with dependency. * Study of ethics and legislation in the social welfare of the elderly. * Analysis of the methods and techniques of sociological science for the development of research projects on aging.
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