Study Guide

Objective

Students will learn to know essential age policy laws and legal principles. Students will learn to keep up to date with changes in legislation and, as well-informed professionals, take part in public discussion on the topic. Students will learn to counsel aged clients and families on legal issues. They will become familiar with important age policy target and action programmes. Students will become aware of age policy objectives and development needs, keeping in mind the perspectives of promoting aged people's wellbeing, preventing their social exclusion and strengthening their resources.

Content

Central age policy legislation and legal principles
Finnish social security system
Family and inheritance law
- Act on Supporting the Functional Capacity of the Older Population and on Social and Health Services for Older Persons
- Guardianship Services Act
- Health Care Act
- Social Welfare Act
- Act on Planning and Government Grants for Social Welfare and Health
- Act on Client Fees in Social Welfare and Health Care
- Act on Support for Informal Care
- Act on Housing allowance for pensioners and pensioners' care allowance
- Act on the Status and Rights of Social Welfare Clients
- Act on Service Vouchers for Social Welfare and Health Care
- Disability Benefits Act
- Decree on Services and Assistance for the Disabled
- Act on Social Assistance
- Act on Social Work with Intoxicant Abusers
- Act on Family care

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students know the essential contents of the most important age policy legislation. They can help clients to find information on the statutes.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students have command over central contents in age policy legislation and they are able to discuss the contents studied. They can explain central contents in age policy legislation to their clients.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students have comprehensive command over important legislation and legal principle and they are able to critically discuss the topic. They are able to counsel clients on legal issues.

Qualifications

no previous studies are required