A study that will allow you to gain in-depth knowledge in the possibilities of the most current devices to support autonomy, with the most extensive understanding of their suitability and safe use in geriatric patients" 

The incorporation of assistive devices for autonomy in physiotherapy work is an indispensable means of support and care for the patient. Finding the most suitable ones that offer the desired advantages is not so easy. What is needed is a complete assessment that takes into account the characteristics of each patient and their ability to handle and adapt to the devices.

To this end, the professional must assess and explore the patient's resistance and physiological reserves in order to establish the appropriate framework for action, home care, residential care, day care or social centers or private clinics.

This work should include treatments for pre-frailty, frailty, pain, trauma, neurological, respiratory and/or pelvic floor disorders, gerontological syndromes or cognitive impairment, side effects of drugs and/or biopsychosocial conditions that may complicate the clinical picture.

It is therefore essential to know the tools of physiotherapy and the appropriateness of its application in each case, such as active exercise, manual therapy and electrotherapy being able to work in an interdisciplinary team, with appropriate communication tools. Having an understanding of the concept of person-centered care, possessing the most up-to-date knowledge of support devices and even the support of current technology, can be key to success in the treatment of physiotherapy. 

Incorporate the latest innovations in assistive devices, mobility and containment for the care of geriatric patients into your physical therapy practice"

This postgraduate diploma in Application of Devices and Aids to Autonomy in Physical Therapy offers you the characteristics of a program of high scientific, teaching and technological level. These are some of its most notable features:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the program

You will learn how to perform a proper assessment that will allow you to choose the most suitable systems for each patient with mobility problems"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this 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 learning 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.

A highly intensive course created to allow you to learn in a dynamic and effective way”

By means of the most efficient audiovisual systems, this postgraduate diploma will allow you to learn through direct and realistic observations of what you learn” 

A complete opportunity to get up-to-date on everything related to the use of support systems and autonomy support in physiotherapy in geriatric patients. The objective is to provide specialized knowledge in the student by creating a well-structured foundation to identify the clinical signs associated with the different needs and developments, providing a broad and contextual view of the activity of this field today.

The objective of this postgraduate diploma is totally practical, with an approach designed to convert knowledge into real intervention skills"

General Objective

• The overall objective is to develop a critical and reasoned attitude, based on the latest scientific evidence, towards the physiotherapeutic diagnosis in the elderly patient and to be able to apply an adequate treatment in order to reduce functional impotence, frailty and deterioration, thereby favoring an improvement of physical and mental health in the elderly.

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Clinical Reasoning in Physiogeriatrics 

• Explain active aging from the patients point of view
• Define the fields of action of physiotherapy in geriatrics
• Define the role of physiotherapy in palliative care units
• Define the use of new technologies in physiogeriatrics
• Explain what interdisciplinary teams in geriatrics consist of
• Define the composition and functioning of the interdisciplinary team
• Explain the main functions within the interdisciplinary team
• Establish the differential diagnosis: red and yellow flags
• Describe the major geriatric syndromes
• Explain what red and yellow flags consist of
• Define the most common red flags in clinical practice
• Explain the proper approach to the physical therapy session in geriatrics
• Describe the physiotherapeutic examination and assessment of the geriatric patient
• Define the effects on the neuromusculoskeletal system of certain drugs

Module 2. Update on Support Devices for the Autonomy of People

• Describe the decalogue of person-centered care
• Explain the process of transformation from a service model to a PCC model
• Explain the provision of physical therapy services in an PCC model
• Define and classify the different assistive devices for activities of daily living
• Define and classify the different pressure relieving devices for the prevention of pressure ulcers
• Explain the novelties in the different devices designed to facilitate mobility and correct positioning
• Explain the application of accessibility and architectural barrier removal support products
• Define new technology for the creation of low-cost support products

Update your knowledge through the postgraduate diploma in Application of Devices and Aids to Autonomy in Physical Therapy "