MFM1012

Community Geriatrics

(MED)

Dr Michael Sewell

8 points + Distance + Approximately 10 hours per week.

Synopsis: This elective subject covers the following: social aspects of ageing, clinical aspects of ageing, functional independence, rehabilitation and promoting independence, psychogeriatrics, bladder and bowel problems, tiredness, anorexia and weight loss, breathlessness, turns, tumbles and tremors, painful conditions, hypertension, leg ulcers and pressure ulcers, institutional and nursing home care, latrogenesis, healthy ageing - health promotion and disease prevention and ethical issues.

Assessment: Clinical audit and written assessment work