Master in Geriatrics, Gerontology and Dependency + University Degree

This Master in Geriatrics, Gerontology and Dependency offers a specialized training in the field. The evolution of world demography has given way to a striking aging of the population, thus gaining geriatrics (discipline responsible for addressing the problems related to the elderly health). Therefore, it is important to know the characteristics of aging and the pathologies that older people suffer. The present Master in Geriatrics, Gerontology and Dependency aims to provide theoretical-practical knowledge regarding these evolutions, as well as the intervention strategies with the group of elders, focusing them on a socio-health character, that is, attending to the person's health without forgetting the social aspect.

- Learn to perform the main mobilizations of the patient in bed. - Learn the different techniques to measure vital constants. - Learn to manage medications. - Know how to manage food via. - Know how to communicate with patients with various pathologies, in which the communication process can be altered. - Learn to perform post-mortem care. - Recognize the signs of death. - Know geriatric syndromes, their relevance and what they have in common. - Acquire technical and interdisciplinary preparation for the provision of community services and dependent groups. - Describe the basic health techniques to develop socio -health care interventions aimed at dependent people in the institutional field. - Train students to develop home physical care interventions aimed at people with socio -health care needs.

Multidisciplinary teams or workers of geriatric institutions, private caregivers, nurses, therapists, auxiliaries, specialized centers, residences, socio -health care centers, day centers, home help assistant.

With the realization of the master in geriatrics, gerontology and dependence you can develop with skill the basic functions of the geriatrics field, knowing in depth each of the geriatric syndromes that can be found and the risk factors of suffering from each disease, as well as its prevention. You can provide services to the community and serve dependent people in the socio -health fields in social institutions or at home.

This Master in Geriatrics, Gerontology and Dependency offers a specialized training in the field. The evolution of world demography has given way to a striking aging of the population, thus gaining geriatrics (discipline responsible for addressing the problems related to the elderly health). Therefore, it is important to know the characteristics of aging and the pathologies that older people suffer. The present Master in Geriatrics, Gerontology and Dependency aims to provide theoretical-practical knowledge regarding these evolutions, as well as the intervention strategies with the group of elders, focusing them on a socio-health character, that is, attending to the person's health without forgetting the social aspect.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.