Gerontechnology (3cr)

Code: GERAEV400-3001

General information

Enrollment: 02.07.2018 - 31.07.2018; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 01.04.2018 - 31.12.2018; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 3 cr

Local portion: 3 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Teaching languages: Finnish

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

Teachers: Anna-Kaarina Koivula

Course: GERAEV400

Objective

Students know where to seek information about gerontechnology. They become aware of the potential and limitations of user-oriented technology in the promotion of social engagement and functional capacity. Students are able to desribe ethical issues in the use of gerontechnology.

Content

- concept of gerontecnology
- user-oriented technology
- devices, applications and services used in gerontechnology
- Robotics and artificial intellugence
- suistainable development
- ethical questions in gerontechnology

Materials

- Leikas (toim.) 2014. Ikäteknologia. Vanhustyön keskusliitto. Tutkimuksia 2.
- Riikonen, M & Palomäki, S-L. 2014. Seurantateknologia muistisairaan ihmisen näkökulmasta - autonomiaa vai tunkeilevuutta? Gerontologia 38 (2014) :3, ss. 143-155.
- Lesnoff-Caravaglia (toim.) 2007. Gerontechnology. Growing old in a technologicat society.
- Mäki 2011. Ikäteknologian kokeilut Suomessa. KÄKÄTE-raportteja 1.
- muu opettajan osoittama materiaali

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to list features of gerontechnology.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students are able to describe gerontechnology and its benefits from the perspectives of the individual, community and society. They recognise ethical issues pertaining to gerontechnology.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

They evaluate ethical issues pertaining to gerontechnology.