Geriatric Counselling

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Kerala University of Health Sciences, Thrissur.
CENTRE FOR GERONTOLOGICAL STUDIES
Certificate Program in Healthy Ageing and Geriatric Care II (MOOC-CHAGC -II)
Date	Topic	Resource Person
June 20, 2023	Healthy ageing-1	Dr Aneesh, Associate professor of Community Medicine, GMC, Thiruvananthapuram, Dr.Subhadra KT , Associate professor, Centre for Gerontological Studies, KUHS
June 30, 2023	Healthy Ageing-2	Dr B Padmakumar MD,PhD, HOD, Prof, Department of Medicine, GMC, Alappuzha
July 10, 2023	Geriatric Counseling	Mrs Dhanya VS, Clinical Psychologist, Dept of Psychiatry, Govt Medical College, Thrissur.
July 20, 2023	Geriatric Nutrition	Dr Padmakumar MD PhD, HOD, Prof, Department of Medicine, GMC, Alappuzha
July 30, 2023	Geriatric opthalmology	Dr Sinumol Thulasidharan, Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, GMC, Thrissur
August 9, 2023	Geriatric gynaecology	DR Resmi CR, Additional Professor, Department of OBG, GMC, Thrissur
	Online Interactive Session @ 03:00 PM
August 19, 2023	Geriatric ENT	Dr Vinay Kumar, Prof & HOD,Deoartment of ENT, Amala Medical College, Thrissur
August 29, 2023	General considerations in palliative care	Dr Divakaran, Director, Institute of Palliative Care, Thrissur
September 8, 2023	Approaches in pallaitive care	Dr Satheesh, Institute of Palliative Care, Thrissur
September 18, 2023	End of life care and major issues with elderly	Dr Rajasree, Institute of Palliative Care, Thrissur
September 28, 2023	Geriatric pharmacy	Dr Shamna MS, Asst Prof, Pharmacy, GMC, Kottayam
	Online Interactive Session @ 03:00 PM
October 8, 2023	Geriatric rehabilitation-1	1.  Dr Subin Solomen, Physiotherapist,GMC, Kottayam, 2.  Arun AB Ayurgreen Hospital, Edappal, 3.  Toms VL, Advanced Physiotherapy Centre, Thrissur, 4.  Jimshad TU, GMC, Thiruvananthapuram
October 18, 2023	Geriatric rehabilitation-2
October 28, 2023	Geraitric rehabiitation-3
November 7, 2023	Geriatric Dentistry	Dr Iqbal, Dean Student Affairs, KUHS
November 17, 2023	Ayurveda & Yoga in geriatrics	Dr Murali Raghav, Rtd Prof Department of Kayachikitsa, Govt Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram
October 8, 2023	Geriatric family health	Dr Praveen G Pai,TE-CST, TSU-KSACS Public Health Specialist, Palliative Care Physician & Gerontologist
December 7, 2023	Geriatric mental health	Dr. Shaji, Dean Research,KUHS & HOD and Prof. Department of Psychiatry, GMC, Thrissur.
	Online Interactive Session @ 03:00 PM
December 17, 2023	Geriatric nursing in community & hospital setting	Dr Mercy Thekkel, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, KUHS
December 27, 2023	Miscellaneous
	Valedictory Function
KUHS reserves the right to effect modifications in the schedule based on real time assessments.

COURSE INTRODUCTION

Accelerated population ageing experienced in the last few decades is an exceptional phenomenon which was not known earlier. This may be due to various factors like sharp decline in the crude death rate and crude birth rate and improved quality of life due to advances in medicine and technology. As per the 1991 census, the population of the older persons in India was 57 million as compared with 20 million in 1951. There has been a sharp increase in the number of older persons between 1991 and 2001 and it has been projected that by the year 2050, the number of older people would rise to about 324 million. The current statistics for the older people in India gives a prelude to a new set of medical, social, and economic problems that could arise if a timely initiative in this direction is not taken by the program managers and policy makers.

 

In India, the older people suffer from dual medical problems, i.e., both communicable as well as non-communicable diseases. This is further compounded by impairment of special sensory functions like vision, hearing etc. A decline in immunity as well as age related physiologic changes leads to an increased burden of communicable diseases in the older population. The prevalence of tuberculosis is higher among the older population than younger individuals. It is shown that among the population over 60 years of age, 10% suffer from impaired physical mobility and 10% are hospitalized at any given time, both proportions rising with increasing age. In the population over 70 years of age, more than 50% suffer from one or more chronic conditions. Older people are highly prone to mental morbidities due to ageing of the brain, problems associated with physical health, cerebral pathology, socio-economic factors such as breakdown of the family support systems, and decrease in economic independence.

 

Ensuring good quality geriatric health care services at the primary level would greatly help in improving the utilization rates of the available health services. Health care services should be based on the felt needs of the older population. Hence, Centre for Gerontological Studies, KUHS is conducting Certificate program in Healthy Ageing & Geriatric Care– (CHAGC) which was intended earlier for the faculty of the affiliated institutions of KUHS and now open for the general public who have an intense desire to acquire knowledge on Healthy Ageing for various reasons. This, the Centre envisages, will help in creating a better equipped society in handling the ever increasing concerns associated with ageing in the society

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