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B.Sc. Geriatric Care Technology
Course Description
Objectives
- Perform a comprehensive assessment of an older person, in in-patient, outpatient or community setting, including day hospitals
- To Diagnose manage acute illness in old age
- To Describe and manage those with chronic disease and disability Provide rehabilitation with the multidisciplinary team.
- Plan the transfer of care of frail older patients from hospital
- Assess a patient’s suitability for and provide appropriate care to those in longterm
- Be able to apply the knowledge and skills of a competent geriatrician in an intermediate care and/or community setting
- Assess and manage older patients presenting with the common geriatric problems
- Provide specified geriatric care - Palliative care, Orthogeriatrics, Old Age Psychiatry,Specialist Stroke care and other pecial conditions
Outcomes
After completion of the course the students be able to,
- Understand the cellular and molecular changes in Aging
- Understand the Physiological and Structural Changes Requiring Dietary Alterations
- Extrapolate psychosocial changes of the old age and concept of life cycle
- Manage the Health Promotion and Social Support in Old Age
- Overcome Challenges in Patients with Functional and Cognitive Deterioration
- Understand the risk factors r in Pathogenesis of Disease and its management and screening
- Learn alternative medicine and therapies