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Clayton First semester 2007 (Off-campus)
Clayton Second semester 2007 (Off-campus)
This elective unit 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.
On completion of this unit participants should be able to:
Clinical Audit 1 (20%), Clinical Audit 2 (20%), Journal (40%), Essay (20%)