Practical Training: Supporting Daily Activities (4 cr)

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Objective

After completing the course, the student has the capability to plan, implement, and evaluate support for the daily activities of clients while considering the principles of sustainable development. The student is able to take into account the client's needs in home-like conditions. The student is able to support the client's resources, sovereignty, inclusion and quality of life. The student is able to assess his or her own development needs.

Content

Carrying out the training according to the goals.

Materials

Latest edition: Hoitotyön taidot ja toiminnot, Rautava-Nurmi ym.

Teaching methods

Freely chosen course
Practical training
Learning contract
Seminars x 2.

Employer connections

Practical training

Completion alternatives

Discussed with the student if needed.

Student workload

4 x 27 hours

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

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Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student is able to plan, implement and evaluate support for the client's daily activities. The student recognises and is able to take into account the needs of the client in a domestic setting. The student is able to support the client's resources, sovereignty, inclusion and quality of life and to improve and strengthen them. He or she knows how to use the main methods of assistance to support activities of daily living and how to give guidance to the person concerned and his or her relatives. The student is able to assess his or her own development needs.

Further information

The course is mandatory for students who do not have a practical nurse, etc. degree or previous experience in care work with the elderly.