Master in Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics

Birth life expectancy exceeds 83 years, and everything suggests that it will continue to rise. Our goal should not only live more, but to live with quality of life and with functional autonomy. As the population ages, society advances to a model based on independent life and the elongation of autonomy and quality of life, something that will increase as new generations are approaching this vital stage. Medicine, in turn, progresses, thus providing new possibilities with both people who have suffered an injury or dysfunction and people with good health. This master in occupational therapy in geriatrics aims to offer advanced and specific training in the field of geriatric occupational therapy, thus opening specialization of knowledge in the professional field to professionals more prepared for multidisciplinary work in both known and new contexts. It is a training with a great projection of the future labor undoubtedly, above perhaps the rest of the areas of occupational therapy in volume. It will allow the student a professional development specialized in a specific field of occupational therapy.

- Know a specific theoretical model of occupational therapy in geriatrics oriented to health promotion and both physical and mental autonomy. - internalize a detailed and well -founded model, and based on scientific and contrasted evidence, to evaluate the functional capacity of elderly. - Know in detail the standardized and pathological aspects of aging, both physically and mentally, and the effect that they can cause to the basic autonomy of daily life. - Formulate judgments and reflections argued on the most appropriate intervention methods in occupational therapy in the geriatric population. - Apply advanced and specific methods and techniques of occupational therapy for geriatric population. - Perform comprehensive valuations in geriatrics from the skills of the occupational therapist - Design a cognitive stimulation program in Alzheimer's patients - Design a personalized intervention program in specific occupational therapy in geriatrics, aimed at both physical and mental improvement objectives. - Predict and control the evolution of rehabilitation and training situations of patients with great variability of physical and mental states.

Occupational therapy / geriatrics

The present master in occupational therapy in geriatrics prepares you to know the main techniques and methods that are carried out in the field of applied occupational therapy, taking into account the pathology presented by the person and the needs that it demands to cover. It also prepares you to meet the patient's problem and carry out actions that prevent the disease and promote people's health.

This master in occupational therapy in geriatrics is aimed at university graduates in 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.