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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Health Sciences |
Guía Provisional
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| Máster Universitario en Xerontoloxía |
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| Social Gerontology I |
| Contents |
| Identifying Data | 2024/25 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Social Gerontology I | Code | 653540004 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Official Master's Degree | 1st four-month period |
First | Obligatory | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Topic 1: Introduction to Social Gerontology | 1.1. Conceptual bases and objectives of Gerontology 1.2. 1.2. The figure of the Gerontologist 1.3. Health and aging 1.4. Characteristics of the elderly patient's disease 1.5. Elderly/Gerontological/Geriatric/Fragile Patients 1.6. Basic Bibliography |
| Topic 2. Theories of Aging | 2.1. Biological theories 2.2 Psychological theories 2.3. Sociological theories |
| Topic 3. Social construction of the concept of aging | 3.1. The concept of ageing according to different criteria 3.2. Classification of ageing: different designations 3.3. False conceptions about ageing: myths and stereotypes 3.4. Macroeconomic effects. Marketing for an emerging social segment: macroeconomic and business effects |
| Topic 4. Family relationships in the context of aging | 4.1. Aging and family nowadays. Needs of the elderly person in the family: 4.1.1. Physiological 4.1.2. Economic 4.1.3. Psychological 4.1.4. Social 4.2. The contribution of the elderly person in the family |
| Topic 5. Family roles | 5.1. Structure 5.2. Family roles 5.3. Family and modernization 5.4. Change in family structure: generations and associated roles |
| Topic 6. Aging and dependency | 6.1. Who should be in charge of dependency 6.2. Legislative context: the Spanish Constitution and the Law on Dependency 6.3. How to deal with dependency: keeping dependent elderly people at home 6.4. Coordination perspectives |
| Topic 7. Work today | 7.1. Modern work. Age discrimination in the workplace 7.2. Labor trends and new modalities. 7.3. Aptitude: myths and facts. Chronological age |
| Topic 8. Retirement | 8.1. Retirement framework: theories 8.2. Change of life, change of roles. 8.3. The attitude towards retirement as a determinant element 8.4. The decision to retire and quality of life 8.5. The impact of retirement 8.5.1. In the psychological area 8.5.2. In the cognitive area 8.5.3. In the behavioral area 8.5.4. In the psycho-affective area 8.6. Impact on social relations 8.7. Retirement Preparation Programs (RPP) |
| Topic 9. Older women and retirement | 9.1. Work in the home 9.2. Work outside the home 9.3. Women's careers 9.4. Women's retirement |
| Topic 10. Abuse of the elderly | 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Basic concepts 10.2.1 Physical abuse 10.2.2 Psychological abuse 10.2.3 Economic abuse 10.2.4 Neglect 10.3 Epidemiology 10.4. Risk factors. Risk factors in nursing homes 10.5. Identification and assessment of the abused elderly person 10.6. Multidisciplinary care of the abused elderly person 10.7. Prevention and solutions |
| Topic 11. Ethical problems in nursing homes | 11.1. The role of residential care in geriatric care 11.2. Ethics and nursing homes. Main conditioning factors 11.2.1 Quality assurances 11.2.2 Organizational chart and equipment 11.2.3 Architectural and environmental characteristics 11.2.4 Existence of specific intervention programmes 11.2.5 Responsibilities of the medical team |
| Topic 12. Decision-making: procedure and instructions | 12.1. Decision-making: procedure and instructions 12.2. Main ethical problems in Gerontology. Care ethics committees |
| Topic 13. Social policies and social and health care | 13.1. Development of social policies for the older people: action plans for the older adults 13.2. The European, Spanish and Galician models 13.3. The socio-sanitary space: 13.3.1 Characteristics 13.3.2 Concertation and accreditation of socio-health centres 13.3.3 Coordination and socio-sanitary units |
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