CODE 57765 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 2 cfu anno 1 SCIENZE E TECN. ATTIVITA' MOTORIA PREV. E ADATTATA 8747 (LM-67) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-PSI/08 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE ELDERLY TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB 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 AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Knowledge of: 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 SABRINA BENVENUTO Exam Board MATTEO FORMICA (President) ALBERTO IZZOTTI (President) LUIGI MOLFETTA (President) CARLO TROMPETTO (President) SABRINA BENVENUTO AMBRA BISIO (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course) LESSONS LESSONS START Wednesday, 26 April 9-12 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS ASSESSMENT METHODS Knowledge of basic elements and principles of psychological aging Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 11/06/2021 14:00 GENOVA Orale 02/07/2021 14:00 GENOVA Orale 16/07/2021 14:00 GENOVA Orale 10/09/2021 14:00 GENOVA Orale