MGGE0222 Gerontology II

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Pavel Weber, CSc. (lecturer), MUDr. Hana Meluzínová (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Pavel Weber, CSc.
Department of General Internal Medicine – Joint workplaces with the University Hospital Brno - workplaces of the Bohunice and Mater. Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
MGGE0121 Gerontology I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The care for permanently growing number of the elderly, which are currently multi-morbid and deteriorated in the psychic and social sphere, will be more demanding not only in terms of the system of the organization of the health and social care but also due to increasing requirements of higher degree of knowledge and skills both with the professionals and all other care providers. It is not just the question of assistance for the patients, it will be more and more necessary to understand them and their specifics in diagnostics, therapy and overall care in medical and social institutions and facilities. Present reality requires complete change of the elderly population awareness both in the professional community and in the general public, which is also one of the tasks for gerontological education.
Syllabus
  • 1. Gerontology – introduction, characterization of the scientific discipline 2. General specialities of the diseases in old age 3. Ageing and aging, theories, common parameters 4. Particularities of pharmaco-therapy in the elderly 5. Current demographic situation in Czech Republic and in Brno 6. Prognosis of the demographic evolution in Czech Republic and in Brno 7. Network of the institutions for elderly care in Czech Republic and in Brno 8. Ethical questions in old age 9. Primary care in the community and comprehensive geriatric assesment 10. Immobility – decubitus, bedsore 11. Instability – falls 12. Inkontinence urinary and fecal 13. Intelectual impairments: common mental and behavioural disturbances in old age; delirium, dementia, depression 14. Preventive attitudes in the diseases in old age 15. Sleeping disorders in the elderly 16. Common diseases of the cardiovascular and respiratory tract in old age and their social sequels 17. Common diseases of the digestive and urogenital system in old age and their social sequels 18. Diabetes and thyreoidal disturbances in the old age; visual and auditive disorders in old age and their social sequels
Literature
  • Weber P. a kol.: Minimum z klinické gerontologie, IPVZ, Brno 2000.
  • Z. Kalvach, Z. Zadák, Jirák R., Zavázalová H., Holmerová I., Weber P. a kolektiv: Geriatrické syndromy a geriatrický pacient. Galén, Praha, 2008, 336 s.
  • Kalvach Z, Zadák Z, Jirák R et al. Geriatrie a gerontologie – 1.vydání. Praha: Avicenum, Grada, 2004: 861.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010.
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