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“...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.” (Pratchett T, 1990). New needs as we get older?

Module name (EN):
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“...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.” (Pratchett T, 1990). New needs as we get older?
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Social work and early childhood, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2019
Module code: BSP-24.325
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P322-0612
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for άbung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
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ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
3
Semester: 4
Mandatory course: no
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
B

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Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BSP-24.325 (P322-0612) Social work and early childhood, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2019 , semester 4, optional course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
The total student study time for this course is 90 hours.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Studienleitung
Lecturer: Studienleitung

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Learning outcomes:
 


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Module content:
Lecturer        Dr. Bärbel Heidtmann
 
         
Module description:
 
In this seminar, we will explore the question of what aging means biologically and how it happens.
 
Students will learn about aging as a physiological process based on scientific research and gain knowledge about the physical, mental, and psychological changes that older people experience and what this means for their perception, behavior, and ability to act in their living environment.
 
Practical exercises will give students a small little taste of what aging feels like, bringing them closer to the lives and experiences of older people. In addition to self-awareness, the goal of these exercises is to better understand and assess the special needs and requirements, but also the resources, of older people.
 
Beyond normal physiological aging, this is particularly important when dealing with sick people and their relatives. Many older people have a serious illness, and multimorbidity is not uncommon. Therefore, this seminar will also cover the basics of age-related diseases, such as dementia, Parkinson´s disease, (and/or others, as agreed with students).
 
In this seminar, students will acquire a fundamental knowledge and understanding of physiological and pathological changes in old age. This is useful for anyone who may work with older people in their field of work. It can help reevaluate clients´ reactions and one’s own behavior on a biological and medical basis. All this will enable students to identfy age-specific circumstances at an early stage, and thus ultimately enable them to act empathetically, understandingly, and appropriately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Module topics:
•        Physiological aging: Physical, mental, and psychological changes in old age and the special needs and requirements of older people
•        What does old age feel like? Exercises for self-awareness
•        Pathologies in old age: Selected age-related clinical conditions
•        Deriving actions when dealing with elderly/sick people in the context of social work
•        Reports by the students
 
 
 


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