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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Signe Tomsone
Study type:Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Rehabilitation; Medical Services
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Health Care

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.

Prerequisites

Developmental psychology, internal medicine, neurology, psychiatry, general rehabilitation.

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.

Competence

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.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Audiologopaedics, RFA7Bachelor’sRequiredSigne Tomsone, Zane Liepiņa, Līga Savicka