Knowledge and understanding
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
- define basic concepts about old age and ageing;
- define and explain theoretical approached to ageing;
- recognise and explain emotional, cognitive, social and physiological changes in older age;
- critically evaluate and recognise models in care for the elderly;
- recognise changes in the process of ageing of healthy and ill persons;
- explain social, psychological, health and economic aspects of old age and approach to active agieng;
- recognise and describe research methods which are the basis for geronotlogical scientific research
Application
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
- understand basic concepts about old age and ageing;
- describe theoretical approaches to old age and ageing;
- describe emotional, cognitive and social changes in older age;
- understand and describe specific characteristics of different models of care for the elderly;
- understand changes in the ageing process of healthy and ill persons
- apply knowledge about social, psychological , health related and emotional aspects of old age;
- outline and illustrate application of research methods
Analysis
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
- distinguish basic concepts about old age and ageing;
- distinguish theoretical apporaches to old age and ageing;
- indicate emotional, cognitive and social changes in older age;
- compare models in care for the elderly;
- analyse social, psychological, health related and economic aspects of old age;
- distinguish criteria for diferentiation between normal and pathological ageing and active ageing;
- analyse research methods in research of older persons.
Synthesis
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
- formulate basic concepts about old age and ageing;
- formulate causes of ageing with regard to different theoretical approaches;
- formulate emotional, cognitive, social and physiological changes in older age;
- propose and organise appropriate model of care in the protection of the elderly;
- social, psychological, health and economic aspects of old age;
- plan care with regard to specific characteristics of the nature of ageing;
- propose an application of individual research methods in the process of ageing.
Evaluation
After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:
- compare basic concepts about old age and ageing;
- compare causes of ageing with regard to different theoretical approaches;
- examine emotional, cognitive, social and physiological changes in older age;
- compare advantages and disadvantages of individual models of care in the protection of older persons;
- assess social, psychological, health and economic aspects of old age;
- examine criteria for differentiating normal and pathological ageing;
- compare advantages and disadvantages of individual research methods.
