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

Materials

-Laki omaishoidontuesta. 2005/937.
- Kansallinen omaishoidon kehittämisohjelma. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön raportteja 2013:10. STM 2013.
- Halmesmäki ym. 2010. Minäkö omaishoitaja? Ensiopas omaishoidosta.
- Shemeikka, R, Buchert, U, Pitkänen, S, Pehkonen- Elmi, T. &Kettunen, A. 2017. Omaishoitajien tarvitsemat tukitoimet tehtävässä selviytymiseen. Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminta. Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminnan julkaisusarja 37.
-Tikkanen,U. 2016. Omaishoidon arki. Tutkimus hoivan sidoksista. Akateeminen väitöskirja, valtiotieteellinen tiedekunta. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Valtiotieteellisen tiedekunnan julkaisuja 5.
- Järvikoski, A & Härkäpää, K. 2011. Kuntoutuksen perusteet.
- Kärkihanke. Kehitetään ikäihmisten kotihoitoa ja vahvistetaan kaikenikäisten omaishoitoa - Hankesuunnitelma. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön raportteja ja muistioita 2016:41 . Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö. Helsinki .

Teaching methods

Lectures, collaborative learning, assignments

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.

Qualifications

The module Foundation of Gerontological Care and Social Work