UNIDAD DIDÁCTICA 1. PSICOLOGÍA GERIÁTRICA. A LITTLE INTRODUCTION

1. The Importance of Psychogerontology
2. The psychogerontology professional
3. Different social resources for the Elderly
4. - Home Help Services
5. - Telecare
6. - Technical aids
7. - Intermediate and family respite services (temporary stays and day centers)
8. - Day stays in gerontological centers
9. - Day centers for dependent elderly people
10. Ley de Promoción de la autonomía y atención a las personas en situación de dependencia
11. Asociaciones y grupos de ayuda
12. Tercera Edad: Motivación y Autonomía
13. - Autonomy in basic activities of daily living
14. - Autonomy in instrumental activities of daily living
15. - Promotion of participation: motivation
16. Mistreatment treated from Geriatric Psychology
17. - Mistreatment in the elderly

UNIT DIDACTIC 2. BASIC ASPECTS OF PSYCHOLOGY

1. Fundamental Aspects of Psychology
2. Aging process, illness and convalescence. The Vital Cycle
3. Changes in the Elderly: Biopsychosocial
4. - Biological Changes
5. - Psychological and Cognitive Changes
6. Quality of Life and Well-being in the Elderly
7. Socio-affective Environment and Sexuality of the Elderly. Evolution
8. Special needs of care and comprehensive support
9. Support and self-determination in the elderly
10. Fundamental concepts, characteristics and special needs in illness and convalescence

UNIT 3. THEORIES OF AGING

1. Introduction
2. Fundamental Aspects of Population Aging
3. - Population aging situation
4. - The current situation in Spain
5. Geriatrics and gerontology
6. - Longevity and Maximum life expectancy
7. Age
8. Different theories of aging
9. - Stochastic theories
10. - Non-stochastic theories

UNIT DIDACTIC 4. AGING: PHYSIOLOGY.

1. Changes in the Body
2. - Changes in external appearance
3. - Changes in body composition
4. - Changes in vital signs
5. - Changes in sense organs
6. - Changes in the circulatory system
7. - Changes in the digestive system
8. - Changes in the kidney
9. - Changes in the endocrine system
10. - Changes in the immune system
11. - Changes in the nervous system
12. - Changes in the musculoskeletal system
13. Different Diseases in the Elderly: Aspects to highlight

TEACHING UNIT 5. FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING

1. Introduction to the Psychology of Aging
2. - General Aspects
3. Affectivity: Different Changes
4. - Loss Processes: Grief
5. - Evolution of Affectivity. Explanatory theories
6. Self-esteem in old age and Self-concept
7. Different changes in personality
8. Changes in cognitive functioning
9. - Memory
10. - Learning
11. - Intellectual Functioning
12. - Language
13. Psychological Disorders in the Elderly
14. - Depression
15. - Dementias

UNIT DIDACTIC 6. DIFFERENT PATHOLOGIES AND DISEASES IN ELDERLY PEOPLE

1. Geriatric Diseases: Fundamental Aspects
2. Different osteoarticular diseases
3. - Arthrosis (osteoarthritis, degenerative arthropathy)
4. - Osteoporosis
5. - Low back pain and lumbosciatica
6. Arterial hypertension
7. - What is arterial hypertension?
8. - Normal/high blood pressure figures
9. - Factors influencing the onset of high blood pressure
10. - Action in a case of high blood pressure
11. Diabetes mellitus
12. - Diabetic care
13. The senses of sight and hearing
14. - Sight
15. - Hearing
16. Parkinson's disease
17. - Parkinson's disease
18. Stroke
19. - Clinical manifestations
20. - Action plan
21. Depression
22. - Attitude towards depression
23. Confusional Syndrome
24. - Clinical features
25. - Risk factors
26. - Most frequent causes
27. - Action before the confusional user
28. Dementia
29. - Classification
30. - Clinical characteristics
31. - Action plan
32. - Specific care

UNIDAD DIDÁCTICA 7. COGNITIVE DISEASES: DIFFERENT DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT

1. Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnostic Assessment
2. - Symptomatology
3. - Diagnosis and Assessment
4. - Diagnosis
5. Parkinson's Disease: Diagnostic Assessment
6. - Symptomatology
7. - Diagnosis
8. Depression: Diagnostic Assessment
9. - Diagnosis
10. - Treatment
11. - Anxiety and Depression
12. Huntington's Disease: Diagnostic Evaluation
13. - Diagnosis
14. - Treatment

UNIT DIDACTIC 8. FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS IN SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONAL AND COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT

1. The Assessment of Functional Capacity
2. Function: the concept
3. The Different Pathways of Disability
4. Activities of Daily Living: Assessment
5. Socio-environmental Assessment
6. - Social Assessment
7. - Social relationships and activities
8. - Social support
9. - Social resources
10. - Environmental assessment
11. Psychological and cognitive assessment
12. Cognitive assessment
13. - Assessment process
14. Instruments or scales for mental assessment
15. Assessment of emotional state

UNIT DIDACTIC 9. INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAM.

1. Introduction to intervention
2. Intervention
3. - Phases of intervention
4. - Levels of intervention
5. - Key ideas in intervention programs
6. - General intervention plan
7. - Intervention characteristics
8. Basic areas of intervention
9. Who carries out the interventions?
10. General guidelines for promoting the participation of older people in intervention programs

UNIT DIDACTIC 10. HEALTH INTERVENTION

1. Healthy aging program
2. - Healthy aging program
3. - Evaluation
4. - General objectives
5. - Methodology
6. - Program content
7. - Disability prevention program
8. Physical activity program
9. - General objectives
10. - Methodology
11. - Contents
12. - Phases
13. - Development of sessions
14. Occupational therapy program
15. - Evaluation
16. - General objectives
17. - Types of occupational therapy
18. - Methodology
19. - General guidelines
20. - Examples of activities
21. - Examples of intervention programs

UNIT DIDACTIC 11. INTERVENTION IN COGNITIVE-AFFECTIVE FUNCTIONS

1. Intervention in cognitive functions
2. Intervention in memory
3. - Evaluation
4. - General objectives
5. - Methodology
6. Reality orientation
7. - Evaluation
8. - General objectives
9. - General working guidelines
10. - Methodology
11. - Basic information in guidance
12. Intervention in intellectual functions
13. - Perception-attention
14. - Memory
15. - Language
16. - Reasoning
17. Intervention in psycho-affective functions
18. - Depression
19. - Anxiety

UNIT DIDACTIC 12. INTERVENTION IN SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

1. Social support program
2. - Evaluation
3. - General Objectives
4. - Methodology and general working guidelines
5. - Volunteering
6. Social skills training program
7. - Evaluation
8. - General Objectives
9. - Methodology
10. Program in intervention with families
11. - Evaluation
12. - General intervention guidelines
13. Caregivers of dependent elderly
14. - Self-care
15. The family in the residence

UNIT DIDACTIC 13. INTERVENTION IN FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.

1. General objectives in working with dependent elderly
2. - General objectives in working with dependent elderly
3. General guidelines for action
4. Care and Intervention Programs
5. - Accommodation program
6. - Personal care and activities of daily living programs
7. Behavioral disorders in residential context. Intervention