CODE 57765 ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 CREDITS 2 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE E TECN. ATTIVITA' MOTORIA PREV. E ADATTATA (LM-67) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-PSI/08 LANGUAGE Italiano TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE ELDERLY OVERVIEW The aim of the course is to provide the basic knowledge for the acquisition of knowledge and abilities to perform an efficacious approach to elderly subjects with positive aging and with frailty and disability associated with normal and pathological aging. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO) biological processes of aging with particular attention to the boundary between normal and pathological aging; geriatric epidemiology and geriatric syndromes; introduction to the description of the diseases most frequently encountered in the elderly and of the preventative, therapeutic, rehabilitative and care strategies; the concepts of frailty and disability associated with normal and pathological aging; introduction to the concepts of comorbidity of elderly patients; introduction to the multidimensional approach to the elderly patient TEACHING METHODS Lectures Role playing SYLLABUS/CONTENT Aging: Definitions and theories Geriatric epidemiology Cognitive changes associated with aging Effects of aging on memory Dementia and delirium Cognitive reserve Effects of aging on emotions and motivation Social changes associated with aging. The environment. Frailty in elderly people Hospitalization of the Elderly Successful aging Effects of physical and mental exercise on subjective well-being Principles of care RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Slides provided during the course Read a book from this list: Lorenzo Marone, La tentazione di essere felici; Ernest Hemingway, Il vecchio e il mare; Italo Svevo, Senilità; Luìs Sepulveda, Il vecchio che leggeva romanzi d’amore; Marco Malvaldi, La briscola in cinque. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD FRANCESCA RICCARDI Ricevimento: Call 01056363528 or send an email to francescariccardi@gaslini.org to make an appointment with teacher Exam Board ALBERTO IZZOTTI (President) CRISTINA BARBERA MATTEO FORMICA LUIGI MOLFETTA LUISA PERASSO FRANCESCA RICCARDI CARLO TROMPETTO (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course) LESSONS Class schedule CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAMS ASSESSMENT METHODS Knowledge of basic elements and principles of psychological aging Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 07/06/2017 14:30 GENOVA Orale 28/06/2017 14:30 GENOVA Orale 12/07/2017 14:30 GENOVA Orale 13/09/2017 14:30 GENOVA Orale 27/09/2017 14:30 GENOVA Orale