Empowering interventions in elderly care
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KFG11BHYOS1 |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 3.0 points |
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| Responsible Teacher: | Hietaniemi, Elina |
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| Teacher Team: | Koivula, Anna-Kaarina |
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| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
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Learning Outcomes
Students will learn to apply the essential ideas of empowering thinking to their action. They will analyse the challenges of the empowering work approach in preventive and curative work with the elderly. Students will learn to promote the wellbeing, visibility and social engagement of older people both in mainstream and minority cultures, and to enhance interaction between cultures.
Student's Workload
78 hours
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No previous studies are required.
Contents
Theoretical basis of empowerment; individual awareness; empowering work in elderly care; minority cultures in elderly care in Finland
Recommended or Required Reading
Vanhuus ja sosiaalityö 2007. Seppänen et al (toim.) soveltuvin osin; Kuluerästä voimavaraksi 2008. Suomi & Hakonen (toim.); Hokkanen, L. 2009. Empowerment valtaistumisen ja voimaantumisen dialogina teoksessa Mäntysaari, Pohjola & Pösö (toim.) Sosiaalityö ja teoria, sivut 315- 337.; Toikko Timo 2009. Toimijalähtöinen kehittäminen. Saatavana: http://www.seamk.fi/includes/loader.aspx?id=7be84ac6-a3a8-408d-a0c1-e7ef026223e4; Empowering Older People. An International Approach 1995. Thursz, D et al (toim.) Auburn House.
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lectures, action-based exercises and group work
Assessment Criteria
Grading will be announced during the course.
Assessment Methods
Active classroom participation, individual and/or group work (assessment 1-5)
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