Practical Training: Rehabilitative Dementia Care (6cr)

Code: GERAHK120-3001

General information

Enrollment: 07.10.2017 - 05.11.2017; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 06.11.2017 - 08.12.2017; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 6 cr

Local portion: 6 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Seats: 0 - 22

Degree programmes: Bachelor of Social Services and Health Care, Applied Gerontology

Teachers: Marita Lahti

Course: GERAHK120

Content scheduling

Practical training 176 h, seminars 8h.

Objective

Students will become familiar with the service provision system and service pathway for people with memory disorders and learn to counsel clients and families on the services. Students will learn to conduct the most important memory tests and interviews. As members of multiprofessional teams, students will plan, implement and evaluate dementia care and rehabilitation based on the clients' needs and ethical principles. Students will know how to analyse the communication of people with memory disorders, and how to support it by therapeutic means. Students will know how to safely plan and implement drug care.

Content

Practical training in a dementia unit, which allows the student to reach the learning outcomes. The unit is selected by the student.

Teaching methods

Target oriented practical training in services or associations for care, rehabilitation, promoting and ensuring a good quality of life for people with memory diseases.
Assigsments.

Student workload

186h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Pass/fail
Fail: The student does not reach the learning outcomes

Qualifications

study module: Gerontological Care, Nursing and Rehabilitation