Gain the expertise you need for advanced practice roles specializing in acute care for adult and geriatric populations with the online MSN: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program at King University. This CCNE-accredited degree provides the advanced theoretical knowledge and practice skills needed to excel in increasingly complex acute care settings. Learn more.

The Master's Degree in Psycho-Oncology and Palliative Care responds to the needs of health professionals to have theoretical and practical tools to improve the care of patients and their families. The program delves in depth, firstly, into the subdiscipline of oncology from the psychological perspective; and secondly, into palliative care.

The general objective of this masters is to provide professionals with the specific training and education to efficiently develop their managerial labor of active aging and promotion of health. Students receive training from teachers from a variety of fields (Psychology, Nursing, Public Health, Sociology, Engineering) providing a multidisciplinary perspective to aging and the Health professionals who specialize in it.

With the Master's Degree in Palliative Care, participants will acquire the specific knowledge to offer patients with terminal illness, and their families, comprehensive, continuous and individualized care, in physical, emotional, social and spiritual aspects, promoting autonomy and respecting the dignity of the patient.

The Master's Degree in Gerontology is focused as a highly useful postgraduate degree for all university students heading towards the field of gerontology, both clinical and social, being especially relevant for Health Sciences careers (medicine, nursing, occupational therapy , speech therapy, clinical psychology...) and Social Sciences (social work, labor relations, social psychology, psychopedagogy, sociology...), both from a professional and an academic and research point of view through the completion of doctoral theses by graduates. The Master's Degree is considered as a specialized and multidisciplinary training title, endorsed by the level of the teachers involved, mostly doctors, and from different fields of social and health care for the elderly.

‘Health, Ageing and Society’ is the new name for the Master’s Vitality and Ageing. We are ready for change – are you?! The name reflects the broad contents of the study and it better reflects what the programme stands for. Approximately 150 students have graduated since the start of the programme in 2016. Will you be next?! In the coming months, we will be updating our website. We have already added some new videos and the new yearbook (2022-‘23). Also, copies of the three main course books will be available soon. We hope you enjoy reading and watching, and hope to see you at one of our information activities! 

Draw from our unrivalled expertise in dementia and expand your knowledge with our flexible online Masters degree in Dementia Studies.

The University Master's Program in Aging constitutes an offer to the members of all the Degrees or Degrees for their academic and research training in different areas (health, educational, sociocultural, ethical-legal and management) involved in the study of human aging. Subject of great interest, given the progressive increase in the elderly population as well as the increasingly frequent displacement of care corresponding to the field of professionals. Hence, multidisciplinary knowledge is essential to provide a solution to the fundamental needs of this population; demand that will continue to grow in the immediate future since our Region constitutes a place of choice for the tourism of the third age as well as a stable residence for many elderly foreign citizens, and for the considerable deficits of attention structures that make the initiatives very significant community service provision, as well as the generation of programs to achieve a healthy old age, avoiding the uprooting of the elderly person from their environment and reducing their possible institutionalization.

In Therapeutic Physical Activity for People with Chronic Pathology, Aging, or Disability with Physiotherapists specialized in work in care centers, public or private, that develop or want to start rehabilitation programs based on the practice of therapeutic physical exercise. Physiotherapists specialize in working in health centers and gyms that include chronic patients in their training programs.

Ageing and dementia are critical areas of study and healthcare, addressing the complex needs of an increasingly ageing global population. There are more than 900,000 people with dementia in the UK and 44 million worldwide, posing a major challenge for treatment and care.

Taught by internationally renowned leaders in ageing, our online MSc Gerontology and Global Ageing will give you a world-class education in social gerontology and ageing studies.

The proposed training methodology added to the clarity, breadth and didactics of content design, allows the Master in Gerontology to be directed to professionals licensed in Psychology, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Sociology, Physiotherapy, Kinesiologists, Sociocultural Animators, Economy and Law

The overall aim of the programme is to provide registered nurses with the opportunity to enhance previously acquired professional education and develop critical inquiry, knowledge and skills, attributes and competencies in preparation for developing roles within older person nursing. Successful completion of year 1 (Graduate Diploma) will provide students with the academic qualifications necessary to be considered for Clinical Nurse Specialist posts. Successful completion of year 2 (MSc) will provide students with the academic qualifications to be considered for Advanced Nursing Practice posts. The programme provides opportunities to explore research as evidence for enhancing and changing practice. The programme also provides opportunities for nurses to develop critical thinking and reflective skills at specialist and advanced practice levels. The programme will develop professional qualities and a high level of competence in the promotion of excellence and current best practice in the delivery and appraisal of advancing practice in older person nursing.

This inter-university master's degree is organized by the Barcelona, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela and Valencia universities and its objective is specialized training in the Psychology of Aging in order to carry out qualified work in the different contexts and care systems for the elderly.

Develop important skills needed to care for older adults and meet the growing needs of an aging population with Brenau University's online Master of Science in Applied Gerontology. This program is designed with innovation in mind and provides an interdisciplinary course of study focusing on psychology, nursing and other subjects. Learn more and apply today!