The roots of gerontology and the origin and development of gerontology as a science; Concept, subject and methods in gerontology; Basic principles of social gerontology; Relationship of gerontology to other scientific disciplines, theories of aging; Individual aging and population aging; Socio-economic causes of population aging; Physiological and pathological aging; Functional and somatic changes in old age; Psychological changes in old age; Health needs, difficulties and illnesses of elderly people; Dependence of the elderly on other people's help - institutionalization, deinstitutionalization and foster care; Social support in old age – intergenerational relations between older children and aging parents; Violence against the elderly and social work, Intergenerational relations, successful aging.

recognize the specificity of the needs of older people, describe ways of preparing people for the stages of retirement and adaptation to old age, determine the role of the social worker in the institutionalization of older people, analyze the differences in communication between people of different periods in later life, recognize the most important myths about older people, distinguish the stages of changes in psychological functions in old age, recognize the social and cultural needs of older age, initiate social activities of older people,