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Gerentology and Geriatrics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:18.08.2022 14:43:19
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_077 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation; Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Signe Tomsone | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Developmental psychology, internal medicine, neurology, psychiatry, general rehabilitation. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Students should acquire knowledge of gerontology and geriatrics as branches of science, the human aging process and related functional problems of the elderly and the factors affecting them. Students should acquire the skills to critically judge the aspects of rehabilitation and care for the elderly. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Topics in gerontology and geriatrics: history and actualities. Study tasks (1, 2). | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Main biological and social theories of aging. | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Ageing population in Latvia, the quality of life for older people and influencing factors. Seminar about study tasks 1 and 2. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Environmental effects on the elderly functional capability. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Active and healthy ageing. Rehabilitation and care principles in geriatrics. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 6 | Rehabilitation of older patients with cardiopulmonary diseases, diabetes, visual and hearing problems. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Rehabilitation of older patients with osteoarthrosis and Parkinson disease. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Rehabilitation and care of older persons with cognitive disturbances and dementia. Actual topics in speech therapist work with seniors (seminar based on independent studies of scientific literature). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Student independently compiles information and prepare a presentation about the situation of elderly population in Latvia, reviews literature and collects data and prepares a presentation on the latest developments in gerontology/ geriatrics, emphasising specifics of audiology& speech therapy. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Individual and group training exercises carried out according to the course topic during the semester. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will be able to name and explain the main theories of aging, to describe age-related problems in the elderly population in Latvia and in the world, to explain the functional capability assessment for the elderly, to name and describe the basic principles of working with elderly patients with various diseases in the rehabilitation and care. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to gather relevant information about the functional capability of elderly and the factors affecting them. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Using the knowledge gained in field, the student will be able to interpret the functional problems of older people and the factors affecting them, to analyse the process of rehabilitation for elderly patients. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Slokenberga A., Zepa D. Vecums. Izaicinājums. Liktenis. Dāvana. Rīgas Austrumu klīniskās universitātes slimnīcas Atbalsta fonds, 2013. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Gavande A. Būt mirstīgam, Rīga, Jāņa Rozes apgāds, 2015. | ||||||||
| 2 | Andrējevs N., Andrējeva T. Praktiska geriatrija, Rīga, 2006. | ||||||||
| 3 | Slimnieka ārstēšana, aprūpe un rehabilitācija mājas apstākļos. Rīga, TZMO Latvija SIA, 2018. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.who.int/ageing/publications/active_ageing/en/ | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.helpage.org/resources/ageing-data/ | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.nia.nih.gov/ | ||||||||
| 4 | elektroniskās datu bāzes | ||||||||
| 5 | Liepiņa S. Gerontoloģijas psiholoģiskie aspekti, Rīga, Raka, 1998. | ||||||||
