This course is meant to serve as a design laboratory for the development of a blueprint for the future of home and community-based care services. We will specifically concentrate on the evolution of and future ideation of senior centers and their role in the health and well-being of seniors. The course will provide an overview of the history of senior centers in America, the salient issues that are either mitigating or exacerbating the stagnant nature of senior centers, the opportunities to think beyond the present model and help create a future entity that is most likely to meet the physical, psycho-social, health and nutritional needs of a new generation of an aging society. The course will rely heavily on leadership skills that will require strategic planning and oral presentations.

Meets Monday from 4:30-7:00.

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