Exercise gerontology and aging (5 cr)
Code: GE00CO53-3007
General information
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
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GEKV22SMElderly care, part-time studies
- 06.05.2024 10:00 - 18:00, Liikuntagerontologia ja ikääntyvien liikunta GE00CO53-3007
- 07.05.2024 08:00 - 16:00, Liikuntagerontologia ja ikääntyvien liikunta GE00CO53-3007
- 13.05.2024 10:00 - 18:00, Liikuntagerontologia ja ikääntyvien liikunta GE00CO53-3007
- 14.05.2024 08:00 - 16:00, Liikuntagerontologia ja ikääntyvien liikunta GE00CO53-3007
- 28.10.2024 10:00 - 18:00, Ikäli 1, Pajulahti, ryhmä A: Liikuntagerontologia ja ikääntyvien liikunta GE00CO53-3007
- 29.10.2024 08:00 - 16:00, Ikäli 1, Pajulahti, ryhmä A: Liikuntagerontologia ja ikääntyvien liikunta GE00CO53-3007
- 04.11.2024 10:00 - 18:00, Ikäli 1, Pajulahti, ryhmä B: Liikuntagerontologia ja ikääntyvien liikunta GE00CO53-3007
- 05.11.2024 08:00 - 16:00, Ikäli 1, Pajulahti, ryhmä B: Liikuntagerontologia ja ikääntyvien liikunta GE00CO53-3007
- 12.05.2025 10:00 - 16:30, Liikuntagerontologia ja ikääntyvien liikunta GE00CO53-3007
- 13.05.2025 08:30 - 16:30, Liikuntagerontologia ja ikääntyvien liikunta GE00CO53-3007
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