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Exercise gerontology and aging (5 cr)

Code: GE00CO53-3009

General information


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