Module 'Occupational Therapy for Elderly'

21 ECTS
Objectives:
1 To provide basic knowledge about the aging process, about the role of elderly in society and the aspects of occupational therapy in the improvement of life quality of the elderly;
2 to discuss activities of daily living, social problems and legislation in Estonia, also the geriatric diseases and the occupational performance problems related to pathological aging.

Having passed the module, the student:
1 is able to apply the conceptual models of occupational therapy into practical work with elderly;
2 is able to prevent and solve problems in daily activities of the elderly by taking into consideration the lifestyle changes that accompany aging;
3 is able to carry out occupational therapy interventions with preventing purposes, improving in this way the life quality of the elderly;
4 has knowledge about the most widely spread geriatric diseases (including dementia) and psycho-geriatric disorders, and about the problems with occupational performance related to pathological aging;
5 understands the meaning of death in life process and the possibilities of palliative care.