Active Aging and Well-Being
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Course code
TST7025.LT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Aktiivne vananemine ja heaolu
Course title in English
Active Aging and Well-Being
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Provide knowledge about aging well-being and health problems. Provide knowledge for methods that support older people's well-being. To design skills to analyze the health problems and well-being of elderly people.
Brief description of the course
Population aging: demography and epistemology. Aging and public health: interventions, health care system and health services. Promotion of healthy aging and community-based networks. Decline of cognitive, social and emotional functions: support systems and intervention. Resilience and longevity. Social resources and well-being of elder people. Cognitive and personality resources of resilience.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows about the well-being and health of elderly people;
- knows how to improve the well-being of elderly people;
-is able to analyze problems of health behaviour and well-being of elderly people.
Teacher
Õppejõud on määramata (Lecturer not assigned)
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