STUDY
UNITS IN MODULE 1
G1: POPULATION AGEING: A SOCIAL OVERVIEW (Dr
Joseph Troisi)
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Demographic determinants and projections; variables
and consequences; developed\developing countries; rural\urban differences
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Social Care aspects
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Economic aspects
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Ethical aspects
Recommended Readings: UNITED NATIONS, Department
of Public Information, VIENNA INTERNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION ON AGING, USA
88-11724
TOUT Ken, AGEING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Oxford
University Press, ISBN 0-19-827276-6 (pbk)
G2: SOCIOLOGY OF AGEING (Dr Joseph Troisi)
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Theories of Aging
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The International concern
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The place of the Elderly in the changing world
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Effects of Ageing on Society
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Impact of Industrialisation, Modernisation and Migration
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Values and Attitudes towards Elderly persons
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Roles and Expectations
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The changing role of the Family; Family relations
and kinship networks
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The place of the Elderly in the Community
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Differences based on Gender
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Integration and Participation
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Active Ageing
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From a Welfare State to a Welfare Society Model
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Inter-generation cooperation
Recommended Readings: BOND John, COLEMAN Peter, PEACE
Sheila (Eds.) AGEING IN SOCIETY, Sage Publications, ISBN 0-8039-8947-4
(pbk)
ALBERT Steven M., CATTELL Maria G., OLD AGE IN
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, G.K.Hall & Co., ISBN 0-8161-1604-0 (pbk).
G3: HEALTH PROMOTION IN THE ELDERLY (Dr Gauden
Galea)
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General principles of Health Education and Promotion
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Scope for Prevention
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Promotion of Physical Health
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The Promotion of Mental Health
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Prevention of Dependency and Institutionalisation
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Prevention of Falls and Accidents
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Nutrition guidance
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Safer use of Medicines
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Screening and case finding
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The Health Visitor
Recommended Readings: TESHUVA Karen, STANISLAVSKY
Uri, KENDIG Hal,
TOWARDS HEALTHY AGEING: LITERATURE REVIEW, Collinsdove,
Australia, ISBN 1-86371-3069
KALACHE Alex, EPIDEMIOLOGY IN OLD AGE,
G4: BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF AGEING (Dr James
Catania)
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Biology of Ageing: cytogerontology
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Theories of Ageing
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Healthy versus Pathological Ageing
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Age-related changes in the immune system
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The ageing brain
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The ageing systems 1
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The ageing systems 2
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General discussion and review of Ageing
Recommended Readings: BENNETT Gerald, SHAH Ibrahim
(Eds.), THE ESSENTIALS OF HEALTH CARE OF THE ELDERLY, ISBN 0-340-54559-3
BROCKLEHURST John, TALLIS Ray, PHILLIT, TEXTBOOK
OF GERIATRIC MEDICINE AND GERONTOLOGY, ISBN 0-443-02696-3
G5: PSYCHOLOGY OF AGEING (Dr Peter Muscat\Dr.J.Spiteri)
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What is a Healthy Old Age
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Aging and its problems
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Older people, their families and environment
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Psychological theories of Ageing
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Common emotional reactions as expressed in old age
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Emotional reactions to age-related life crises
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Adaptive techniques and other defence mechanisms
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Professional attitudes
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Abnormal learning and minor processes
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Psychometric testing
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Dying
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Bereavement
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Special concerns: gender issues, crime, alcoholism,
hearing and
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visual empowerment, sexuality
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Psychological, social and rehabilitation therapies
Recommended Reading: BUTLER Robert N., LEWIS Myrna,
SUNDERLAND Trey, AGEING AND MENTAL HEALTH - POSITIVE PSYCHOSOCIAL AND BIOMEDICAL
APPROACHES,Macmillan Publishing Co.,ISBN 0-675-20920X
G6: RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (Rev.Dr.Joseph Inguanez)
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Literature review, different methods
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Research designs, qualitative, quantitative, descriptions,
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correlations
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Sampling techniques and probability
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Data representation
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Types of data
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Reporting studies
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Evaluation of Research
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Validity of reliability
Recommended Reading: PEACE Sheila M. (Ed.), RESEARCHING
SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY, Sage Publications, ISBN 0-8039-8285-2 (pbk)
GUBRIUM Jaber F., SANKAR Andrea (Eds.), QUALITATIVE
METHODS IN AGING RESEARCH, Sage Publications, ISBN 0-8039-4944-8 (pbk)
G7: CLINICAL ASPECTS OF OLD AGE (Dr Anthony Fiorini)
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Causes of Morbidity and Mortality
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Characteristic features of disease in old age
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The clinical assessment of elderly patients
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Falls and instability
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Faecal incontinence
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Confusional states
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Drugs and the Elderly
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A medical geriatric service
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Continuing care
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The Day Hospital
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The Nursing Care of Elderly patients
G8: MEDICAL AND SOCIAL REHABILITATION (Mr. Louis
Minster)
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Assessment; multidimensional approach
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Roles of different services
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Medical rehabilitation and disability
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Social rehabilitation
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The role of the physiotherapist
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The role of the occupational therapist
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The role of the nurse
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The role of the social worker
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Organisation of rehabilitation services
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Rehabilitation of elderly stroke patients
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Rehabilitation of elderly patients with fractured
femor
Recommended Reading: DAVIS Martin, THE BLACKWELL
COMPANION TO SOCIAL WORK, Blackwell, ISBN 0-631-19877-6