Health exercise and basics of exercise gerontologyLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You understand the connection between health and physical activity.

You are familiar with different forms of exercise in the areas of health-promoting physical activity.

You know how to give exercise counselling and how to use physical activity as part of professional activities.

You know how exercise affects older people's health, wellbeing and functioning.

Content

What kind of exercise guidelines are there for older people?
How does one adapt various types of exercise in order to improve areas of physical fitness?
How to plan and implement exercise programmes?
How does one take aging processes into account in planning and implementing exercise programmes?

Accomplishment methods

Assessment criteria level 3: entry-level competence
Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with clients, users and target groups.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.