Ageing and Health

Garant předmětu:

Iva Holmerová

Lecturer:

Iva Holmerová

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Natural Sciences

Synopsis:

The course offers clear information on aging, aspects of health and disease, disability and functional impairment. Attention is given to issues of risk factors, sensory and cognitive degradation. The influence of lifestyle and prevention is discussed.

Requirements:

Form of verification of study results: oral examination.

As a standard, the course is taught in contact form and the course has lectures. In case the number of students is less than 5, the teaching can take place in the form of guided self-study with regular consultations. In this case, in addition to the examination, the student is required to produce a written study on the assigned topic.

For combined study:

Teaching takes the form of guided self-study with regular consultations. In addition to the examination, the student is required to prepare a written study on a given topic.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Physiology of ageing, molecular and cellular mechanisms of ageing

2. Functional ageing

3. The ability of the organism to respond to environmental changes

4. Risk factors for age-related functional decline

5. Chronic diseases

6. Comorbidity vs multimorbidity

7. Sensory function, ageing and associated diseases

8. Reduced mobility

9. Cognitive function, ageing and dementia

10. Lifestyle, prevention

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Journal of Aging and Health. SAGE Publications. ISSN: 08982643 – vybrané články

Recommended:

WHO World report on ageing and health, 2015 (http://who.int/ageing/events/world-report-2015-launch/en/)

SAPEA research report Transforming the future of ageing, 2019: https://www.sapea.info/topics/ageing/

Note:

Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: