Informal Care (3cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Students recognise various forms of family caregiving and other informal care. They are able to examine needs for support in family caregiving from the perspective of the old person’s family/friends and from the perspective of the services. Students are able to organize and develop services to support family caregiving and other care given by informal carers and they know how to use services and other means, for example counselling, support and guidance when working with families. Students are familiar with various forms of training and rehabilitation designed for family caregivers, and use them in their work.

Content

- various forms of family caregiving and other care given by informal carers
- supporting family caregiving and other informal care; means and methods
- current development plans for supporting family caregiving
- Act on Support for Informal Care
- the service provision system for family caregiving (public, private and third sector services and support)
- rehabilitation and training for family caregivers
- care and service plan for family caregiving

Teaching methods

Lähiviikot 36, 40, 43, 50

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are for the most part familiar with various forms of family caregiving and other informal care. They are to some extent able to examine needs for support in family caregiving from the perspective of the old person’s family or friends. Students know how to make use of some service options to support and counsel families, but based on surface and rote learning. Students know the main features of client-centred service planning for family caregiving.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to examine various forms of family caregiving and other informal care and their special features from multiple perspectives. They are well able to interpret various aspects of family caregiving and analyse them from the perspective of the old person’s family or friends and from the perspective of services. Students know how to support and counsel families, while taking into consideration the families’ individual situations and making use of current information and services.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students are able to examine various forms of family caregiving and other informal care and their special features from multiple perspectives. They are able to profoundly analyse various aspects of family caregiving from the perspective of the old person’s family or friends and from the perspective of services. Students know how to support and counsel families, while reflectively making use of current information and services and extensively taking into consideration the families’ individual situations. In addition, students demonstrate ability to develop and organise support and services based on the needs expressed by family caregivers.

Qualifications

Foundations of Gerontological Knowledge (mostly)