AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The teaching aims are :

- To give students the base concepts concerning the cognitive rehabilitation techniques with elder: Procedural memory training, 3 R- R.O.T and innovative methods

- To provide students a general understanding of the “fragile” elder demands through the assessement aimed at planning of rehabilitative intervention

-  To enable students to acquire the competences to lead of R.O.T. groups.

- To let students develop: the ability in assessement and planning of interventions in psyco-geriatric domain; the knowledge of psyco-geriatric rehabilitation; the competences referring to rehabilitative techniques.

- To encourage use critical thinking ability to chose efficient rehabilitative performances for people in psyco-geriatric age

At the end of the program the students will be able to :

- Know the assessement tools of elder - Tests and data collection

- Recognise the adequacy of the proposed intervention referring to ongoing cognitive, emotional and general healthcare changes

- Apply the appropriate approach to Psyco-geriatrics users (ex. validation)

- Build/plan the interventions with elders that show cognitive disorders

- Describe analytically the execution and leading of a R.O.T. group

- Explain the most famous rehabilitative methods (Procedural Memory Training - 3R-Rot), the minor ones and the latest applications 

Teaching methods

- Prelection 

- Role playing groups

- Video viewing and their critical analysis

- Clinical case presentations 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

● The cognitive rehabilitation in geriatric age

● The assessement of “fragile” elder

● Elder rehabilitation and cognitive functions

● Rehabilitative intervention in psyco-geriatrics

● Methods and techniques of rehabilitative interventions : Procedural Memory Training-R.O.T.-3R

● Experience new techniques / knowing some of the rehabilitative methods, like doll therapy and techniques using tecnological and/or informatics support

● Deepening for leading of R.O.T. groups and assessement of percentage performance 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Textbook : "Il trattamento psicologico delle demenze"  by Franco de Felice Ed. Franco Angeli and reading given by the professor.
Suggested close examination:
"Guida alla valutazione e al trattamento delle demenze nell'anziano" ed, Franco Angeli

Exam Board

ANDREA AGUGLIA (President)

MARCELLA MACCAGNO

CARLOTTA BERRA

PIETRO CALCAGNO (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

Teaching methods

- Prelection 

- Role playing groups

- Video viewing and their critical analysis

- Clinical case presentations 

LESSONS START

I semester (october-november)

Exam description

Oral exam

Assessment methods

Evaluation of the gain of knowledge set in the educational targets.
Check the ability to apply the technical knowledge to clinical cases presented during the lectures, with independent judgement.

Exam schedule