Expert course in occupational therapy programs for the elderly: expert in care and prevention programs in the elderly for titled Occupational Therapy

If you are interested in the scope of agency and wants to know the fundamental aspects to carry out care and prevention programs in the elderly this is your time, with the course of expert in care and prevention programs in the elderly for graduates in occupational therapy may acquire the necessary knowledge to perform this work in the best possible way. Today, the elderly constitute a very important figure in our society, due to the increase in life expectancy, the elderly population has become an aspect to take into account today. Therefore, with the realization of this expert course in care and prevention programs in the elderly for entitled in occupational therapy, they will be able to treat old people successfully and total dependence.

- Know the physiological and psychological basis of the aging process. - Address the processes of the integral geriatric assessment in its four spheres: physical, psychological, social and functional. - Master the most important tests that are usually used for the evaluation of the old man. - Learn some methodological issues that affect the design of intervention programs in the elderly. - Know several of the intervention programs that are usually carried out with the elderly population, and that cover different areas: health, cognitive-affective, social relations and functional capacity. - Discriminate the basic pillars in the prevention of different pathologies and dependence on the elderly. - Know the most common preventive guidelines on issues such as: health, food, hygiene, physical activity, rest, family relationships, sexuality, retirement, leisure and free time. - Address the prevention of domestic accidents in the elderly. - Know the basic care behaviors of the injured by first aid protocols.

Day / geriatric residences / hospitals / hospital care / intervention in senior citizens.

This expert in care and prevention programs in the elderly for entitled in occupational therapy prepares you to learn the different processes and techniques of assessment, care and prevention used to improve the quality of life in the third age. You can carry out programs of this type to deal with concepts such as health, social relationships, functional capacity etc.

This training in occupational therapy is aimed at university diplomas in occupational therapy, and university graduates in occupational therapy, who wish to perform complementary and/or specialization training in the area of occupational therapy.

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.