Basics of Gerontology

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 24 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 24 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAE-GER-T
  • 2 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Elective modul
  • spring
Prerequisites:

OAP-BPR-T finished , OAP-KN1-T finished

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 100

Topic

The population is aging. Knowledge of special physiological, psychosocial aspects, age-related problems and methods of care may help adequate health provision for the elderly patients.

Lectures

  • 1.

    Biological theories of aging I

    - Balaskó Márta
  • 2.

    Biological theories of aging II

    - Balaskó Márta
  • 3.

    Concepts of gerontology. Demography. Biological/chronological age. Physiological aging.

    - Székely Miklós
  • 4.

    Polimorbidity in the elderly. Adaptability, vulnerability.

    - Székely Miklós
  • 5. Cardiorespiratory disorders in the elderly I - Balaskó Márta
  • 6. Cardiorespiratory disorders in the elderly II - Balaskó Márta
  • 7.

    Endocrine changes with age

    - Bódis Beáta
  • 8.

    Diabetes mellitus in the elderly

    - Bódis Beáta
  • 9. Gastrointestinal changes in the elderly I - Vincze Áron Endre
  • 10. Gastrointestinal changes in the elderly II - Vincze Áron Endre
  • 11. Changes of energy balance I - Burzánné Pétervári Erika
  • 12. Changes of energy balance II - Burzánné Pétervári Erika
  • 13. Gait disorders, motor system in the elderly - Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
  • 14. Aging and immune processes - Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
  • 15. Renal functions: changes with age - Székely Miklós
  • 16. Salt/water balance changes with age - Székely Miklós
  • 17. Problems of the caretaking team - Heim Szilvia Mária
  • 18. Chronic care, nursing, rehabilitation - Heim Szilvia Mária
  • 19. Disorders in the central nervous system - Takács Katalin Gyöngyi
  • 20. Polypragmasia - Takács Katalin Gyöngyi
  • 21. Geriatric syndromes I - Takács Katalin Gyöngyi
  • 22. Geriatric syndromes II - Takács Katalin Gyöngyi
  • 23. Test-exam - Burzánné Pétervári Erika
  • 24. Test-exam - Burzánné Pétervári Erika

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Lecture slides will be uploaded to TEAMS.

Notes

Recommended literature

Rathway: The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, MSD, 1990

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

none

Mid-term exams

Written account (test) from the topics of the course.

Making up for missed classes

Writing an essay from the topic of the omitted lecture.

Exam topics/questions

Concepts of gerontology. Demography

Biological/chronological age. Physiological aging

Biological theories of aging

Acute/chronic diseases, polimorbidity in the elderly. Problems of diagnosis and therapy.

Homeostatic functions and aging. Adaptability, vulnerability.

Cardiorespiratory disorders in the elderly

Changes of energy balance

Gastrointestinal changes in the elderly

Endocrine changes with age

Diabetes mellitus in the elderly

Renal functions: changes with age

Salt/water balance changes with age

Geriatric syndromes

Gait disorders, motor system in the elderly

Aging and immune processes

Disorders in the central nervous system

Polypragmasia

Problems of the caretaking team

Chronic care, nursing

Elderly care and hospice.

Rehabilitation.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars