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Exercise gerontology and agingLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: GE00CO53

Credits

5 op

Teaching language

  • Finnish

Objective

You know how to apply exercise methods in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases, functional deficits and psychological and social problems.

You can maintain and improve your own and your working community members' working and functional capacity with exercise.

You can adapt various types of exercise and its possibilities in order to promote functional capacity in various working enviroments of elderly care.

You know basic fitness tests.

You know how to use fitness tests as part of exercise program planning and implementation.

Content

What are the basic methods to assess endurance?

What are and how does one apply functional tests of elderly people?

How do diseases effect planning and implementation of exercise programs?

How can work and functional capacities be supported by exercise?

What is the role and meaning of exercise in society?

What are national outlines and recommendations of exercise?

How can exercise enhance operations and activities in elderly care?

Qualifications

Health exercise and basics of exercise gerontology 5 ECTS credits
Gerontological knowledge base 10 ECTS credits

Enrollment

07.04.2025 - 21.04.2025

Timing

01.08.2025 - 17.12.2027

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Promotion of Functional Ability

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 50

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Elderly Care
Teachers
  • Annele Urtamo
Teacher in charge

Annele Urtamo

Groups
  • GEKV24SM
    Elderly care, part-time studies

Objective

You know how to apply exercise methods in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases, functional deficits and psychological and social problems.

You can maintain and improve your own and your working community members' working and functional capacity with exercise.

You can adapt various types of exercise and its possibilities in order to promote functional capacity in various working enviroments of elderly care.

You know basic fitness tests.

You know how to use fitness tests as part of exercise program planning and implementation.

Content

What are the basic methods to assess endurance?

What are and how does one apply functional tests of elderly people?

How do diseases effect planning and implementation of exercise programs?

How can work and functional capacities be supported by exercise?

What is the role and meaning of exercise in society?

What are national outlines and recommendations of exercise?

How can exercise enhance operations and activities in elderly care?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Health exercise and basics of exercise gerontology 5 ECTS credits
Gerontological knowledge base 10 ECTS credits

Enrollment

08.04.2024 - 21.04.2024

Timing

01.08.2024 - 11.12.2026

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Promotion of Functional Ability

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Elderly Care
Teachers
  • Annele Urtamo
Groups
  • GEKV23SM
    Elderly care, part-time studies

Objective

You know how to apply exercise methods in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases, functional deficits and psychological and social problems.

You can maintain and improve your own and your working community members' working and functional capacity with exercise.

You can adapt various types of exercise and its possibilities in order to promote functional capacity in various working enviroments of elderly care.

You know basic fitness tests.

You know how to use fitness tests as part of exercise program planning and implementation.

Content

What are the basic methods to assess endurance?

What are and how does one apply functional tests of elderly people?

How do diseases effect planning and implementation of exercise programs?

How can work and functional capacities be supported by exercise?

What is the role and meaning of exercise in society?

What are national outlines and recommendations of exercise?

How can exercise enhance operations and activities in elderly care?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Health exercise and basics of exercise gerontology 5 ECTS credits
Gerontological knowledge base 10 ECTS credits

Enrollment

06.04.2023 - 21.04.2023

Timing

01.08.2023 - 05.12.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Promotion of Functional Ability

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Elderly Care
Teachers
  • Annele Urtamo
Groups
  • GEKV22SM
    Elderly care, part-time studies

Objective

You know how to apply exercise methods in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases, functional deficits and psychological and social problems.

You can maintain and improve your own and your working community members' working and functional capacity with exercise.

You can adapt various types of exercise and its possibilities in order to promote functional capacity in various working enviroments of elderly care.

You know basic fitness tests.

You know how to use fitness tests as part of exercise program planning and implementation.

Content

What are the basic methods to assess endurance?

What are and how does one apply functional tests of elderly people?

How do diseases effect planning and implementation of exercise programs?

How can work and functional capacities be supported by exercise?

What is the role and meaning of exercise in society?

What are national outlines and recommendations of exercise?

How can exercise enhance operations and activities in elderly care?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Health exercise and basics of exercise gerontology 5 ECTS credits
Gerontological knowledge base 10 ECTS credits

Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

01.01.2023 - 30.05.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Promotion of Functional Ability

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Elderly Care
Teachers
  • Annele Urtamo
  • Sari Ranta
Groups
  • GEKV22KM
    Elderly care, part-time studies

Objective

You know how to apply exercise methods in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases, functional deficits and psychological and social problems.

You can maintain and improve your own and your working community members' working and functional capacity with exercise.

You can adapt various types of exercise and its possibilities in order to promote functional capacity in various working enviroments of elderly care.

You know basic fitness tests.

You know how to use fitness tests as part of exercise program planning and implementation.

Content

What are the basic methods to assess endurance?

What are and how does one apply functional tests of elderly people?

How do diseases effect planning and implementation of exercise programs?

How can work and functional capacities be supported by exercise?

What is the role and meaning of exercise in society?

What are national outlines and recommendations of exercise?

How can exercise enhance operations and activities in elderly care?

Opiskelumateriaali

Ilmoitetaan jakson alussa.

Yksilölliset oppimisväylät

Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Jakson osa Lige 1, 1 op.
Lähiopetus Pajulahdessa.
Ryhmä A 6.-7.2.23
Ryhmä B 13.-14.2.23.

Jakso osa Lige 2
Lähiopetus Pajulahdessa
Ryhmä A
Ryhmä B
Aloitus ma klo 10, lopetus ti klo 16.

Työhön integroitu oppimisväylä:
Liikuntagerontologian osuus oman ryhmän kanssa ja samanaikaisesi ikääntyvien liikunnan osan suoritus edellisen (GE16) ryhmän mukana.

Tentit ja muut määräajat

Liikuntagerontologian tentti: sovitaan jakson alussa

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Aktiiivnen osallistuminen lähijaksoihin, hyväksytyt tehtävät ja tentti.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Puuttuvat osallistuminen lähijaksoihin, puuttuvat tehtävät, hylätty tentti.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Moodle-tentti. Arviointi pohjautuu hyväksyttyjen suoritusten prosentuaaliseen osuuteen.

Qualifications

Health exercise and basics of exercise gerontology 5 ECTS credits
Gerontological knowledge base 10 ECTS credits

Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 13.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Promotion of Functional Ability

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 60

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Elderly Care
Teachers
  • Annele Urtamo
  • Sari Ranta
Teacher in charge

Sari Ranta

Groups
  • GEKV21SM
    Elderly care, part-time studies

Objective

You know how to apply exercise methods in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases, functional deficits and psychological and social problems.

You can maintain and improve your own and your working community members' working and functional capacity with exercise.

You can adapt various types of exercise and its possibilities in order to promote functional capacity in various working enviroments of elderly care.

You know basic fitness tests.

You know how to use fitness tests as part of exercise program planning and implementation.

Content

What are the basic methods to assess endurance?

What are and how does one apply functional tests of elderly people?

How do diseases effect planning and implementation of exercise programs?

How can work and functional capacities be supported by exercise?

What is the role and meaning of exercise in society?

What are national outlines and recommendations of exercise?

How can exercise enhance operations and activities in elderly care?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Health exercise and basics of exercise gerontology 5 ECTS credits
Gerontological knowledge base 10 ECTS credits

Enrollment

12.04.2021 - 25.04.2021

Timing

01.08.2021 - 08.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Promotion of Functional Ability

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Elderly Care
Teachers
  • Annele Urtamo
  • Sari Ranta
Teacher in charge

Sari Ranta

Groups
  • GEKV20SM
    Elderly care, part-time studies

Objective

You know how to apply exercise methods in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases, functional deficits and psychological and social problems.

You can maintain and improve your own and your working community members' working and functional capacity with exercise.

You can adapt various types of exercise and its possibilities in order to promote functional capacity in various working enviroments of elderly care.

You know basic fitness tests.

You know how to use fitness tests as part of exercise program planning and implementation.

Content

What are the basic methods to assess endurance?

What are and how does one apply functional tests of elderly people?

How do diseases effect planning and implementation of exercise programs?

How can work and functional capacities be supported by exercise?

What is the role and meaning of exercise in society?

What are national outlines and recommendations of exercise?

How can exercise enhance operations and activities in elderly care?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Health exercise and basics of exercise gerontology 5 ECTS credits
Gerontological knowledge base 10 ECTS credits

Enrollment

15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020

Timing

01.08.2020 - 09.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Social Services and Promotion of Functional Ability

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Elderly Care
Teachers
  • Sari Ranta
Teacher in charge

Sari Ranta

Groups
  • GEKV19SM
    Elderly care, part-time studies

Objective

You know how to apply exercise methods in prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases, functional deficits and psychological and social problems.

You can maintain and improve your own and your working community members' working and functional capacity with exercise.

You can adapt various types of exercise and its possibilities in order to promote functional capacity in various working enviroments of elderly care.

You know basic fitness tests.

You know how to use fitness tests as part of exercise program planning and implementation.

Content

What are the basic methods to assess endurance?

What are and how does one apply functional tests of elderly people?

How do diseases effect planning and implementation of exercise programs?

How can work and functional capacities be supported by exercise?

What is the role and meaning of exercise in society?

What are national outlines and recommendations of exercise?

How can exercise enhance operations and activities in elderly care?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Health exercise and basics of exercise gerontology 5 ECTS credits
Gerontological knowledge base 10 ECTS credits