CODE | 57765 |
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ACADEMIC YEAR | 2022/2023 |
CREDITS |
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SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | M-PSI/08 |
LANGUAGE | Italian |
TEACHING LOCATION |
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SEMESTER | 2° Semester |
MODULES | Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: |
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
Exam Board
VITTORIA FERRANDO (President)
CATERINA ANSUINI
MATTEO FORMICA
ALBERTO IZZOTTI
LUIGI MOLFETTA
EMANUELE QUARTO
CARLO TROMPETTO
AMBRA BISIO (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)
ANDREA ZANIRATO (President Substitute)
LESSONS
LESSONS START
Wednesday, 26 April 9-12
Class schedule
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EXAMS
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Knowledge of basic elements and principles of psychological aging
Exam schedule
Data | Ora | Luogo | Degree type | Note |
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03/02/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Scritto + Orale | Aula 3 - Edificio 6 - Polodidattico Alberti |
17/02/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Scritto + Orale | |
12/06/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Scritto + Orale | Aula 3 - Edificio 11 (ex fisiologia) |
28/06/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Scritto + Orale | Aula Edificio 11 (ex fisiologia) |
14/07/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Scritto + Orale | Edificio 11 (ex fisiologia) |
08/09/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Scritto + Orale | Edificio 11 (ex fisiologia) |