Exercise gerontology and aging (5 cr)
Code: GE00CO53-3004
General information
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
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
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GEKV20SMElderly care, part-time studies
- Ikäli3, A+B Pajulahti: Liikuntagerontologia ja ikääntyvien liikunta GE00CO53-3004 / 13.11.2023 10:00 - 18:00
- Ikäli3, A+B Pajulahti: Liikuntagerontologia ja ikääntyvien liikunta GE00CO53-3004 / 14.11.2023 08:30 - 16:30
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