Ateneo - UPO

- General aspects of ageing - Role of geriatrics - Clinical characteristics of elderly patients - “Frail” elderly people - Mental ageing and quality of life - Cognitive decline in the elderly - Nutritional aspects and ageing - Movement-related problems: falls in the elderly - Syncope in the elderly

F. FABRIS - Geriatria : 1-2 volume. Cesi editore Roma 2003 A. CHERUBINI – R. ROSSI - U. SENIN : Attività fisica ed invecchiamento. Edises Napoli 2002 M. TRABUCCHI : Le Demenze . Utet Milano 4° Edizione 2005 M. PALLESCHI - S. M. ZUCCARO : Linee guida nel trattamento e nella gestione delle malattie geriatriche. Cesi editore Roma. 2° Edizione 2002

Provide the theoretical and practical basis for recognising frail elderly people, the true objective of modern geriatrics, who are at risk and can be more easily identified and treated (care) through the diagnostic tool of multidimensional assessment. The frail elderly are also characterised by increasingly advanced age, susceptibility to dysautonomia, especially in the last 5 years of life, and the phenomenon of cascade decompensation, which mainly results in increasingly low levels of psycho-physical balance, leading to terminal decompensation (failure to thrive). Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

The concepts acquired in the first year of the Degree Course in Physiotherapy.

PowerPoint slide presentations and educational websites.

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Written test with multiple-choice questions on the topics covered in class, as specified in the programme.

- General aspects of ageing - Role of geriatrics - Clinical characteristics of elderly patients - “Frail” elderly people - Mental ageing and quality of life - Cognitive decline in the elderly - Nutritional aspects and ageing - Problems related to movement: falls in the elderly - Syncope in the elderly