Continuing and Palliative Care in the Elderly

Year
1

Academic year
2022-2023

Code
02020014

Subject Area
Therapeutics and Symptomatic Control

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
2.0

Type
Compulsory

Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Lectures. Discussion. Group work.

- Presentation and discussion of an individual work.

Exam.

To identify biological, anatomic and physiopathologic changes related to ageing;

To be able to perform counseling activities and design a therapeutic intervention plan well-suited to the specific needs of the elderly.

Main biologic and anatomic changes related to the ageing process

- Physiopathologic processes associated with ageing

- Basic notions of age-related demography and epidemiology

- Differential diagnosis between manifestations of illness and ageing

- Collecting and interpreting elderly clinical history data

- Differences between elderly vs. non-elderly clinical picture

- Multidimensional assessment of the elderly

- Main geriatric syndromes

- Age-related pharmacological problems

- Nutrition and the elderly

- Physical activity and the elderly.

Manuel Teixeira Marques Verissimo

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

- Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. R. C. Tallis, S. H. M. Fillit , T. J. C. Brocklehurst (Eds). Churchill Livingstone. 2003.

- PSICOGERIATRIA. Horácio Firmino (Ed), Livraria Almedina, Lisboa, 2006.

- Bem viver para bem envelhecer. Helena Saldanha (Ed), LIDEL, Lisboa, 2009.