1st Specialization in Geriatrics and Psycho-geriatrics

Animation and assistance to everyday life activities- Appliance used in geriatry/ Techniques of handling

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ECTS Credits1
Number of Hours (h/year)15
Teaching staffBORN, Christine
COMBLAIN, Willy
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodePARA-D_SGERIA0001/1
Prerequisite
Aims and Objectives

To learn to interact with the elderly, to soothe, to handle them safely, to know his plan of life as a person, to propose animations  corresponding to his needs and his profile.

Description

Part 1 : animation and assistance to everyday activities

- Concept of the autonomy

- Gerontological approach of autonomy

- Concept of the person

- Which therapy and for whom ?

- Application of these reflections to the concept of animation

Part 2 : : handling

Study of basic gestural handling of persons; review of biomechanicals aspects; approach of the ergonomy of environment

Methodology GAPA : moving, raising, transfer, means of ergonomic help adapted to the elderly.

Part 3: Techniques of communication and sensibilization to the validation according to Naomi Feil

Techniques of communication with the elderpy

Who is Naomi Feil? What is the Validation? (objectives, theoretical bases, principles, the theory of Erikson, tools) 

Four steps of disorientation

Application of various techniques

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Tutorials
Assessment MethodsOral examinations
Continuous assessment
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench

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