postgraduate certificate Family Intervention for the Elderly

In most cases, the family is the only point of support for the elderly. Proper support will maximize the elderly person's chances of good health. However, when the family factor disappears, complications begin to arise that can lead to pathologies and psychopathologies. In this regard, TECH has developed a comprehensive program that delves into the importance of the family for the elderly. Supported by the most recent research and related studies. The contents will be made available to the student through a totally online modality and without timetables. Thus, favoring the physician's organization based on their needs and facilitating personal and work conciliation.

University certificate

duration

6 weeks

Modality

Online

Schedule

At your own pace

Exams

Online

start date

Credits

8 ECTS

financing up to

3 months

Price

The world's largest faculty of medicine”

Description

This course will provide you with the keys to transmit to the family the importance of their support in the health of the elderly"

Often, the family is unaware of the abandonment or partial abandonment of their elders. Therefore, it is important that the physician is able to convey the importance of their support. Sometimes the best treatment for certain psychopathologies is socialization.

Thus, the program emphasizes the definition of the modern family and the elements that clash head-on with the concept of family held by the elderly. In addition to temperament and identity in the regulatory process of family life.

On the other hand, the importance of a structured family during old age is discussed in depth. But, above all, in the capacity of the elders to assimilate changes in authority within the family nucleus.

Finally, we will analyze the particularities of aging within the family, the problems that the 70's crisis can generate for the elderly and the changes in the quality of life that occur in old age. Reserving a section for the expected evolution of the concept of family in the coming years.

These contents will be taught in a totally online modality, without timetables and with the syllabus available in its entirety from the first day. This makes it easier for the physician to combine study and work.

Together with prestigious physicians, it delves into the life cycles of the family and the influence they have on the elderly person"

This postgraduate certificate in Family Intervention for the Elderly contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features include:

The development of case studies presented by experts Psychogeriatrics and the role of the family
The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

TECH has developed this syllabus based on the latest research on the different family models and their importance for the elderly"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

Discover, through this program, how the modern family affects the health and socialization of the elderly"

This postgraduate certificate covers the main demands and needs of the elderly in the family environment"

Objectives

Graduates of the postgraduate certificate will acquire updated knowledge on the evolution of the family model in recent years and the role of the elderly person in it. In this way, the benefits of a structural family in the life of the elderly person will be defined, the needs of the elderly person that the family can meet will be understood, and it will be established in which situations family support and socialization can work as a treatment for the elderly person.

A section of the agenda has been set aside to deal with the psychosocial aspects of the family and how they affect the elderly"

General Objectives

Understand the place of the elderly in the family
Understand how the modern family affects the health of the elderly
Deepen in the most recent studies on the evolution of the family and the role of the elderly

Specific Objectives

Define the concept of family
Identify the processes and factors that regulate family life
Know the advantages of having a functional family in old age
Deepen in the support mechanisms that exist within the family
Understand the changes that the 70's crisis can generate in the elderly
Understand how the concept of family is evolving
Understand the needs of the elderly in order to age successfully

Enroll and learn about the effects that processes such as retirement or the 70's crisis can have on the elderly"

Postgraduate Certificate in Intervention in the Elderly Family

The practitioner faces the important task of making the family aware of the abandonment or lack of support that many elderly people suffer, since in some cases socialization is the best therapy for certain psychological pathologies. Therefore, this Postgraduate Certificate in Intervention in the Family of the Elderly focuses on the definition of the modern family and its differences with the conception of family that the elderly have, as well as on temperament and identity in the family context.

Become a key figure in the mediation between the elderly and their families.

In addition, the Postgraduate Certificate in Family Intervention in the Elderly addresses the importance of a solid family structure in the Elderly, as well as the ability of the elderly to adapt to changes in authority within the home. Likewise, it examines the particularities of Aging in the family, the problems that can be caused by the crisis of the 70's and the changes in the quality of life during old age. Undoubtedly, a very complete course that you will do exclusively online and with the greatest time flexibility you can imagine. In this sense, you will be the one who manages the study sessions according to your personal and professional obligations.