Family Caregiving and Rehabilitation (5cr)

Objective

Students learn to see family care-giving from the perspectives of the old person's family/significant others and from the perspective of services. Students learn to analyse and evaluate research, reports and guidelines on family care-giving. They will be able to organise, develop, support and supervise family care-giving. Students will become familiar with the basic ideas of client-centred rehabilitation philosophy and learn to work in collaboration with other professionals and the client's significant others/ family care-givers to promote the client's rehabilitation.

Content

- family care-giving and other informal care in research
- supporting family care-giving and other informal care, means and methods of support
- development challenges in family care-giving
- the philosophy and important concepts in rehabilitation
- Act on Informal Care Support, rehabilitation acts
- the aged person as a client in rehabilitation
- a care and rehabilitation plan for the client family

Qualifications

The module Foundation of Gerontological Care and Social Work

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students have some knowledge of theories of family care-giving and rehabilitation from the perspectives of the old person's family/significant others and from the perspective of services. Students know how to present research, reports and guidelines on family care-giving. They are able to organise, support and supervise family care-giving. Students know the main points in client-centred rehabilitation philosophy and are able to work in collaboration with other professionals and the client's significant others/ family care-givers to promote the client's rehabilitation.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to interpret theories of family care-giving and rehabilitation from the perspectives of the old person's family/significant others and from the perspective of services. Students know how to present and explain research, reports and guidelines on family care-giving. They are able to organise, develop, support and supervise family care-giving. Students know the client-centred rehabilitation philosophy and are able to work in collaboration with other professionals and the client's significant others/ family care-givers to promote the client's rehabilitation.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to analyse theories of family care-giving and rehabilitation from the perspectives of the old person's family/significant others and from the perspective of services. Students know how to analyse and explain research, reports and guidelines on family care-giving. They are able to organise, develop, support and supervise family care-giving. Students understand the client-centred rehabilitation philosophy and are able to work in collaboration with other professionals and the client's significant others/ family care-givers to promote the client's rehabilitation.

Materials

- Laki omaishoidontuesta. 2005/937. Saatavana. https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2005/20050937
- Kansallinen omaishoidon kehittämisohjelma. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön raportteja 2013:10. STM 2013.
- Halmesmäki ym. 2010. Minäkö omaishoitaja? Ensiopas omaishoidosta.

- Härkäpää, K. 2005. Kuntoutuksen perusteet.
- Pitkälä ym. 2006. Kuntoutumisen solmukohtia - Geriatrisen kuntoutuksen ja tutkimus- ja kehittämishanke. (Soveltuvin osin).
- research chosen by students