University of Birmingham - Healthy Ageing: Concepts, Interventions, and Preparing for the Future
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Healthy Ageing: Concepts, Interventions, and Preparing for the Future at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 3 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,205 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Healthy Ageing: Concepts, Interventions, and Preparing for the Future at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 3 weeks
- Weekly study 3 hours
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Healthy Ageing: Concepts, Interventions, and Preparing for the Future at FutureLearn Course details
- Life expectancy is increasing. In the UK, the average person now lives to the age of 81, up from 77 in 2000.
- This increase in lifespan has not been matched, however, with an increase in "healthspan" years of healthy, independent life. Many older adults suffer from increased frailty, and other common health problems.
- This healthcare course from the University of Birmingham addresses current challenges and opportunities related to healthy ageing.
- On this course, you will learn how to measure frailty on a clinical scale, and explore measures to slow its onset. This includes elderly nutrition and exercise.
- You will also explore other common health problems in older adults and how we can best live with these. You will discover different research methodologies applied to improving healthspan.
- The course will enable you to apply what you learn about healthy ageing to real-life scenarios and your own research.
- This healthy ageing course is evidence-based, drawing on the latest research. The University of Birmingham is a leader in this field. It has also been built in consultation with older adults, to listen to their concerns and lived experiences. Ageing will be considered in the context of health inequality.
- This course lines up with the UK Government's Ageing Society Grand Challenge, which is for people to enjoy five more years of healthy, independent living by 2035. It also coincides with the WHO's Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030).
Healthy Ageing: Concepts, Interventions, and Preparing for the Future at FutureLearn Curriculum
Concepts
Welcome to the course
What does healthy ageing mean to you?
What is frailty and what are the implications for healthy ageing?
Age-related health inequalities
Reflection
Interventions to improve healthspan via maintenance of physical independence and amelioration of frailty
Welcome
Physical activity and nutrition for healthy ageing: the research evidence base
What can we do to halt or reverse frailty progression in older adults?
Taking the first steps along the research path
Reflection
Future proofing
Welcome
Co-creation and community involvement in healthy ageing research: how does it work?
Global healthy ageing research: applications and insights
Next steps in healthy ageing research
Summary
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?
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