This training offers to learn how to support aging through integrative medicine: understanding the terrain of the elderly person — vitality, cognition, autonomy, toxins, nutrition — without ever making a diagnosis or prescribing. It lays the foundations for a rigorous listening and support approach to old age, system by system.
For therapists and individuals who wish to deepen their understanding of aging — to support a loved one, a client base, or their own practice — as a complement to, never a replacement for, medical follow-up. No formal medical prerequisites are required: everything is set out from the very first module.
Backbone of the entire training: preventive geriatrics in integrative medicine is never a diagnosis, never replaces a medical opinion, and systematically reminds when to refer to a healthcare professional. The final module, devoted to synthesis and the therapist's stance, states this explicitly through the practitioner's limits and coordinated work with the physician.
This introduction is self-sufficient: it constitutes a complete and self-contained course. For therapists who wish to fully integrate preventive geriatrics into their professional practice, the Geriatrics Specialization Pack (500 CHF, with mentoring) is offered separately on campus.frmi.ch — a clinical deepening intended for practitioners, and not merely a reduced version of this introductory course.