Acquire the most up-to-date knowledge in physiotherapeutic intervention in patients with impairment using new protocols and techniques that will allow you to act with greater accuracy and safety"  

Physiotherapy offers patients with aging-related cognitive disorders a simple and efficient intervention option that allows them to work on their abilities, trying to slow down their decline and enhance their development.

It is therefore essential for the specialist to know the tools of physiotherapy and the appropriateness of their application in each case; as well as to manage the indication of active exercise, manual therapy or electrotherapy, working with interdisciplinary teams and using appropriate communication tools, understanding the concept of person-centered care.

This Postgraduate Diploma will provide you with the most up-to-date knowledge of available devices, techniques and protocols that can be the keys to success in physiotherapy treatment.

Include the latest advances in protocols, techniques and technologies in your daily practice to provide physiotherapeutic support against cognitive impairment"

This postgraduate diploma in Physical Therapy Treatment of the Person Affected by Cognitive Impairment contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include: 

• 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 accesible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the program 

A complete review of the different cognitive states in which the physiotherapy professional will have to intervene and the appropriate approach in each of them"

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 high-level program created to allow you to learn in a dynamic and effective way"

The purpose of this program is that you will not only acquire up-to-date knowledge, but that, upon completion, you will have the working skills you need in this field"

Our goal is to provide the student with specialized knowledge in physiotherapy care of patients with impairment by creating a well-structured basis to identify the clinical signs associated with their different needs and developments, providing an extensive and contextual view of the reality of working in this field today.

A high-intensity course designed to convert your effort into real intervention skills"

General Objective

• Develop a critical and reasoned attitude, based on the most recent scientific evidence, towards physiotherapeutic diagnosis in the elderly patient and to be able to apply an adequate treatment in order to reduce functional impotence, fragility and deterioration, thus favoring an improvement of physical and mental health in old age 

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Clinical Reasoning in Physiogeriatrics

• Explain active aging from the patient’s 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
• Describe the decalogue of person-centered care

Module 2. Physiotherapy Approach of the Person Affected by Cognitive Impairment

• Define the risk factors, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment
• Define the risk factors, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of dementia
• Defining the types of cognitive impairment: possible classifications
• Define the causes and effects of cognitive impairment
• Describe the therapeutic interventions from the physiotherapy point of view
• Describe strategies to promote family adherence to treatment
• Define strategies to access the disoriented and/or disconnected user
• Explain the application of music as a tool for working with people with dementia
• Define the origin, indications and basic principles of basal stimulation
• Define the advantages of basal stimulation

This postgraduate diploma is the best way to get you up to date on the bioethical aspects to provide the palliative care that your patients need"