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Occupational Therapy: Geriatric/Gerontology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:19.08.2022 13:47:13
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_053 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| 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) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 16 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 64 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 64 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Developmental psychology, basics in Occupational therapy, conceptual models of practice in Occupational therapy, ergonomics, internal medicine, neurology, psychiatry, traumatology & orthopedics, 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 occupational therapy, rehabilitation and care for the elderly. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Topics in gerontology and geriatrics. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Main biological and social theories of aging. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The human life cycle and changes in occupational life along the life course; active ageing. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Population ageing in Latvia and in the world; characteristics and trends. The quality of life for older people and influencing factors. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Environmental effects on the elderly functional capability, solutions for enviromental adaptations for elderly. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Falls and falls risk assesment for elderly. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Rehabilitation and care principles in geriatrics. Occupational therapy for elderly. Hospis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Occupational therapy for elderly patients with osteoarthrosis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Occupational therapy for elderly patients with cardiopulmonary diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Occupational therapy for elderly patients with diabetes, visual and hearing problems. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Occupational therapy for elderly patients with neurological diseases. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Rehabilitation and care of older persons with dementia. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Final study course seminar and conclusions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Case studies, course assignments- literature studies, specific learning tasks, e.g. compile information and prepare a presentation about the situation of older people in Latvia. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Semester credit- individual and group assignments carried out according to the course plan. Written examination at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Student 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 occupational therapy as well as in rehabilitation and care. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to gather relevant information about the functional capability of elderly and the factors affecting them. Will be able to choose the appropriate assessments and to identify elderly functioning problems and to assess the resources and the limiting factors. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Using the knowledge gained in field, the student will be able to interpret the functioning problems of older people and the factors affecting them, to plan occupational therapy for elderly patients and perform selected therapy methods under supervision. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Occupational Therapy and Older People, 2nd Edition. Eds. Anita Atwal Anne McIntyre. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2013. | ||||||||
| 2 | A. Slokenberga, D. Zepa. Vecums: Liktenis, izaicinājums, dāvana. Rīga, Afonds, 2013. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A. Gavande. Būt mirstīgam, Jāņa Rozes apgāds, 2015. | ||||||||
| 2 | J.C. Rogers, T.L. Snow. Later Adulthood, Ch.10//Kielhofner's Model of Human Occupation. 2017 | ||||||||
| 3 | Liepiņa S. Gerontoloģijas psiholoģiskie aspekti, Rīga, Raka, 1998. | ||||||||
| 4 | Andrējevs N., Andrējeva T. Praktiskā geriatrija, Rīga, 2006. | ||||||||
| 5 | 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.healthyageing.eu/resources/resources | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.helpage.org/resources/ageing-data/ | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.nia.nih.gov/ | ||||||||
| 5 | - elektroniskās datu bāzes | ||||||||
