Healthy Ageing and Person-Centered Care

Dozent/in	Prof. Dr. Carla Sabariego Tomas; Dr. sc. Dima Touhami, MA
Veranstaltungsart	Vorlesung/Übung
Code	FS261027
Semester	Frühjahrssemester 2026
Durchführender Fachbereich	Gesundheitswissenschaften
Studienstufe	Bachelor Master
Termin/e	Do, 19.02.2026, 08:00 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 3 Do, 26.02.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 3 Do, 05.03.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, 3.B58 Do, 12.03.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, 3.B58 Do, 19.03.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, 3.B58 Do, 26.03.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, 3.B58 Do, 02.04.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, 3.B58 Do, 16.04.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, 3.B58 Do, 23.04.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, 3.B58 Do, 30.04.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, 3.B58 Do, 07.05.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, 3.B58 Do, 21.05.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, 3.B58 Do, 28.05.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, 3.B58 Mi, 10.06.2026, 08:15 - 09:15 Uhr, HS 10 (Prüfung)
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Inhalt	The course is structured in units, namely: 1) Introduction to healthy ageing and person-centered care 2) Biological ageing 3) Operationalization, measurement and use of healthy ageing trajectories 4) Health strategies and person-centered care I: rehabilitation 5) Health strategies and person-centered care II: environmental factors 6) Health strategies and person-centered care III: palliative care 7) Health strategies and person-centered care IV: long-term and integrated care 8) Health strategies and person-centered care V: geriatric care The course additionally includes three problem-oriented learning exercises, which allow students to apply the content learned in previous units. Besides teachers of the University of Lucerne, the course will include guest lectures.
E-Learning	Some guests will hold lectures via zoom
Lernziele	• To get familiar with the relevance, definitions, classifications and measurement approaches used in the field of healthy ageing; • To get familiar with the relevance, definitions and classifications of a range of health strategies that are based on person-centered care and its specificities for health services research; • To become able to design and plan a health services research study focused on healthy ageing and person-centered care.
Sprache	Englisch
Anmeldung	Moodle: https://elearning.hsm-unilu.ch/course/view.php?id=990
Leistungsnachweis	Final multiple choice only examination 60 Minutes. IMPORTANT: In order to earn credits and participate at the exam registration via Uni Portal within the exam registration period is MANDATORY. Further information: www.unilu.ch/en/study/courses-exams-regulations/health-sciences-and-medicine/exams/
Abschlussform / Credits	Schriftliche Prüfung / 3 Credits
Hinweise	Teaching method(s)/Indications: Lectures, exercises, problem-oriented learning, plenary presentations and discussions
Hörer-/innen	Ja
Kontakt	carla.sabariego@unilu.ch / dima.touhami@unilu.ch
Material	Teaching material will be provided via the e-learning platform moodle.
Literatur	? Decade of healthy ageing: baseline report. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2020. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Available online: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240017900 Further readings will be announced once the course materials are available online.