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Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl)
J Palliat Care Med, an open access journal
ISSN: 2165-7386
Geriatrics 2017
September 4-5, 2017
September 4-5, 2017 | Edinburgh, Scotland
Geriatrics Gerontology & Palliative Nursing
7
th
International Conference on
PSYCHOLOGICALAND RELATIONAL IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTSATTENDING TO THE UNIVERSITY
FOR OLDERADULTS: AN EXPERIENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY
Naiara Ozamiz
a
and
Miren Agurtzane Ortiz
a
a
University of the Basque Country, Spain
Objective:
The aim of the study was to measure the emotional condition and the interpersonal forms of relation in a group of mature
students (Aged 55+).
Method:
45 students attending the University of Older Adults in the Basque Country in Bilbao, completed assessments such as the
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), as well as the Relationships with Others scale (ERA). Socio-demographic data were also collected.
Data was analyzed using T tests and multivariate analyses.
Results:
Data suggests attending the University for older adults may improve mental health and relationships with others for people.
Conclusion:
As life expectancy increases, population ageing is a major global trend and there is a need for societies to become
more prepared to improve the quality of life in later decades. We believe it is important to continue creating resources for old people
since many people reaching retirement age remain healthy and vital. As such, without psychological health in later life there will be
significant problems in all domains of older people’s lives.
Clinical Implications:
Since resources such as university for older adults improve the mental health of the elderly is important to
continue creating resources for them.
Biography
Naiara Ozamiz is a professor of medical psychology at the Faculty of Medicine and at the University for over 55 years of the University of the Basque Country. She
has worked as a psychotherapist in different day units with patients with personality disorders and psychosis. She has mainly specialized in group psychotherapy,
although she has also performed individual and family psychotherapies. In 2013 made her thesis on the personality disorders in the DSM-5. She has published
several articles on attitudes towards treatments, personality disorders, psychiatric emergencies and the elderly.
naiara.ozamizhu.eus
Naiara Ozamiz et al., J Palliat Care Med 2017, 7:5(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7386-C1-011