Alma Mater Europaea University, which educates future physiotherapists at all three Bologna levels in Maribor, Ljubljana, Murska Sobota, Celje, and Koper, today organized a content and practical set of events in Maribor on the occasion of the upcoming World Physiotherapy Day – September 8.
This year's theme of World Physiotherapy Day is Healthy aging with movement, which is also joined by Alma Mater Europaea University with its physiotherapy students and university teachers. "Slovenia is aging rapidly. By 2063, 31% of the population in Slovenia will be over 65 years old. The main causes of mortality in the elderly are cardiovascular diseases, cancer, falls, and suicides. Frailty is one of the key challenges of an aging society; it is a condition of reduced physical and psychosocial resilience, which increases the risk of falls, illnesses, hospitalizations, and loss of independence," emphasized Associate Professor Dr. Tine Kovačič, head of the master's program in Health Sciences at Alma Mater Europaea University and also president of the Association of Physiotherapists of Slovenia.
Physiotherapists encourage the elderly through preventive treatments to regularly screen for falls and assess physical activity and fitness. They also help empower them to change movement habits and thus contribute long-term to fall prevention.
