Home and Family Care (3cr)
Course unit code: GERAHK600
General information
- Credits
- 3 cr
Objective
Students will recognise the role of home and family care as part of services that support the wellbeing and health of older people. Students will learn to analyse the meaning of multi-professional home care. They will know how to evaluate skills and knowledge required in supervision of home care. They will identify the possibilities and challenges of family care.
Content
- planning, implementation and evaluation of home care
- special competence required for work in the client's home
- client and resource-centred approach
- multi-professional work
- family care as a form of organising elderly care
- home and family care practices
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Students are able to describe implementation practices in home and family care.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Students know how to compare implementation practices, possibilities and challenges in home and family care.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Students know how to analyse and evaluate the role of home and family care in services that support the health and wellbeing of older people.
Materials
- Engeström, Y., Niemelä, A., Nummijoki, J. & Nyman, J. (toim.) 2009 Lupaava kotihoito. Uusia toimintamalleja vanhustyöhön. Jyväskylä: PS-kustannus.
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