Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Strategies for Successful Ageing
This online course explored strategies for successful ageing and presented research delivered by experts from Trinity College, the University of Dublin, Ireland. The course included topics related to perceptions of ageing, mental and physical wellbeing, creativity, and social engagement.
5 weeks, 2 hours per week
Rose Anne Kenny
Professor of Medical Gerontology
Trinity College Dublin
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Reflect on the concepts of ‘old’ and 'ageism'.
- Understand how perceptions of ageing can influence ageing.
- Apply strategies for positive mental health, physical health, social engagement, and creativity.
- Perform a life audit.
- Assess what 'quality of life' means.
- Explore how to plan for older age through goal setting.
- Discuss case studies of successful ageing initiatives.
Syllabus
Each week, we will investigate strategies for successful ageing:
• Week 1 explores your perceptions and attitudes about ageing;
• Week 2 focusses on improving your happiness and wellbeing, by defining what quality of life means to you;
• Week 3 places a spotlight on health and presents tips for increasing physical fitness, improving nutrition, and maintaining brain health through the years;
• Week 4 celebrates opportunities for staying connected by investigating the expectations you have set for yourself and by sharing your personal strategies for staying involved;
• and Week 5 is all about creative ageing, in which we explore the talents and contributions of older adults and share your accomplishments with the world.
Choose your approach to successful ageing
The knowledge that you gain from this free online course will inspire you to choose activities and behaviours that improve your quality of life. Through this course, we hope you will think differently about ageing and recognise the many contributions that older adults make every day.
Issued on 1st December 2017
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