Third age school

14.02.2025

At the “Third Age Health School” classes , clinic patients become familiar with the characteristics of the course and treatment of diseases in old age, and the specifics of pharmacotherapy for elderly people. They learn about risk factors leading to the onset and progression of diseases and receive recommendations for lifestyle modifications and the need for regular medication use. They learn the basics of rational nutrition, physical activity, and herbal medicine. Gain skills in providing self- and mutual assistance in the event of emergency conditions. They learn about new advances in medicine: new methods of diagnosing and treating diseases. 

Classes at the school are conducted by department doctors.

MAIN TOPICS OF LECTURES

Lecture No. 1: Features of the treatment and prevention of chronic diseases in the elderly.

Lecture No. 2: Diseases of the cardiovascular system and blood in old age. Principles of prevention, treatment, nutrition, rehabilitation.

Lecture No. 3: Features of diseases of the musculoskeletal system in old age. Problems of prevention, treatment, nutrition. Rehabilitation activities.

Lecture No. 4: common diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in old age. Basics of prevention, treatment, nutrition, rehabilitation

Lecture No. 5: Specifics of diseases of the genitourinary system in old and senile age. Issues of prevention, treatment, nutrition.

Lecture No. 6: Lower respiratory tract infections. Prevention, treatment, nutrition, rehabilitation.

Lecture No. 7: Problems of neurological diseases in old age. Prevention, treatment, rehabilitation. Principles of a healthy lifestyle. Methods of self-control.

Lecture No. 8: Arterial hypertension, features of the course of the disease and prevention of complications in the elderly.

Lecture No. 9: Herbal medicine. Preparation of medicinal herbs. Features of the preparation of medicinal preparations.

Lecture No. 10: General concepts about physiological and pathological human aging. Geroprotectors.

Lecture No. 11: Features of the course of endocrinological diseases in the elderly.