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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
GERI0750-1  Sociology, psychology and rights of the elderly
- Sociology and Ageing
- Psychology and guidance of elderly patients, part I: psychology of the elderly; part II: functional psychology; part III: leisure activities and life-sustaining projects for elderly people in institutions
- Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets
Duration :  Sociology and Ageing : 20h Th
Psychology and guidance of elderly patients, part I: psychology of the elderly; part II: functional psychology; part III: leisure activities and life-sustaining projects for elderly people in institutions : 15h Th, 5h SEM
Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets : 20h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Management of Healthcare Institutions, 2nd yearToute l'année6
Holder(s) :  Sociology and Ageing : Didier Vrancken
Psychology and guidance of elderly patients, part I: psychology of the elderly; part II: functional psychology; part III: leisure activities and life-sustaining projects for elderly people in institutions : Stéphane Adam
Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets : Yves‑Henri Leleu
Substitute(s) :  Sociology and Ageing : Marie‑Thérèse Casman
Psychology and guidance of elderly patients, part I: psychology of the elderly; part II: functional psychology; part III: leisure activities and life-sustaining projects for elderly people in institutions : /
Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets : /
Coordinator :  Pierre Gillet
Language :  French language
Course contents :  
Sociology and Ageing

See Sociology and Ageing 20h Th, 10h Pr



Demographic aspects, study on retirement and different types, elderly workers, representation of oldness, study of notion of dependency and great oldness, mistreatment of elderly peopel, life in old people's home, intergenerationnal relations ...

The students talk on a subject as suicide of elderly people, women and elderly, couple and retirement ...

Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets

The course envisages the protection of old people under two juridical points of view : the perspective of the rights of personnality, and the one of patrimony rights.



In the first perspective, will be studied, among others, patient's rights, euthanasia, protection by different status of incapacity and the survivance of the right of personnality after the death of the person.



In the second perspective, will be studied the problem of alimony between the old people and their families, the regime of inheritance rights, and matrimonial property.

Course objective :  
Sociology and Ageing

Infer a critical perspectiv about notions as dependency of elderly peopel, elderly workers, representations of elderly people ...

Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets

The course's objective is to make the student acquainted with the juridical tough and to give him a basic knowledge of core concepts and principles of the law, related to his professional practise.

Prerequisites :  
Sociology and Ageing

without

Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets

Any

Workshops :  
Sociology and Ageing

reading and summary of an article

Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets

Any

Organization :  
Sociology and Ageing

two hours

Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets

Oral lectures



The students are strongly invited to partcipate and to exchange over the application of the principles studied in their professional practise.

Written notes :  
Sociology and Ageing

notes of course ans lectures

Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets

Several documents (articles, extracts of books, ...) will be given. Those are analysed and commented during oral courses.



All the published codes or their photocopies are allowed,

Assessment :  
Sociology and Ageing

oral examination

Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets

Oral assesment



Students pick a question, presented as a casus, and are asked to apply the concepts studied in a practical tough process. The examiner can ask several subquestions which are not necessarily related to the first question.

Contacts :  
Sociology and Ageing

Marie-Thérèse Casman,

mt.casman@ulg.ac.be

Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets

evelyne.langenaken@ulg.ac.be

Remarks :  
Sociology and Ageing

without

Private Law Aspects Pertaining to the Protection of the Elderly and the Management of their Personal Assets

Any



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