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Home and Family Care (3cr)

Code: GERAHK600-3003

General information


Enrollment
14.05.2018 - 14.09.2018
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.06.2018 - 25.05.2019
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 cr
Local portion
3 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
0 - 35
Degree programmes
Bachelor of Social Services and Health Care, Applied Gerontology
Teachers
Anna-Kaarina Koivula
Course
GERAHK600

Objective

Students will recognise the role of home and family care as part of services that support the wellbeing and health of older people. Students will learn to analyse the meaning of multi-professional home care. They will know how to evaluate skills and knowledge required in supervision of home care. They will identify the possibilities and challenges of family care.

Content

- planning, implementation and evaluation of home care
- special competence required for work in the client's home
- client and resource-centred approach
- multi-professional work
- family care as a form of organising elderly care
- home and family care practices

Materials

• Ikonen, E. 2015. Kehittyvä kotihoito. Edita, sivut 9 – 169.
• Groop Johan . 2014. Miten vastata kotihoidon kasvavaan kysyntään? Kuntaliitto. http://shop.kunnat.net/product_details.php?p=3014
• Nandram, S. 2014. Organizational innovation and integrated care: lessons from
• Buurtzorg. Journal of integrated care. Vol. 22. No 4, 174 – 184. https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/JICA-06-2014-0024

• Leinonen, E. 2017.Jotain uutta, jotain vanhaa, jotain lainattua – ikääntyneiden perhehoito Suomessa. Gerontologia 32 (3), https://journal.fi/gerontologia/article/view/63288

• Tammelin, M., & Ilmarinen, K. (2013). Vanhusten perhehoidon jännitteet. Janus Sosiaalipolitiikan Ja Sosiaalityön Tutkimuksen Aikakauslehti, 21(3), 259-267. Noudettu osoitteesta https://journal.fi/janus/article/view/50704

Teaching methods

Kirjatentti

Exam schedules

Tentti voidaan suorittaa yleisinä tenttipäivinä.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students are able to describe implementation practices in home and family care.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students know how to compare implementation practices, possibilities and challenges in home and family care.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students know how to analyse and evaluate the role of home and family care in services that support the health and wellbeing of older people.

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