Practical training: Rehabilitation supervision of groups of elderly clients/family care-givers
Structure Type:
Course
Code:
KFG11BE009
Level:
Bachelor
Credits:
3.0 points
Responsible Teacher:
Hietaniemi, Elina
Teacher Team:
Haapala, Pia ; Hietaniemi, Elina
Language of Instruction:
Finnish
Learning Outcomes
Students will learn to apply rehabilitative and creative methods to supervise and support the well-being, functional capacity and health promotion of various groups of elderly people or family care-givers. They will learn to plan, implement and evaluate a rehabilitation process for the elderly/family care-giver groups/families together with the families.
Student's Workload
Will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
Theoretical studies in project work 2 cr.
Contents
- Rehabilitation process of elderly/family care-giver groups: planning, implementation and evaluation. Arranging a recreation day for family care-givers in multi-professional teams
Recommended or Required Reading
The same literature as for the theoretical studies of the module
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
- Work in care-giving families
- Assessment of a family care-giver's functional capacity
- Drawing up a rehabilitation plan, implementation and evaluation
- Planning, organization and evaluation of a recreation day for families of elderly people in multi-professional teamwork with other students in the social and health field and with a network of family care-givers
Assessment Criteria
Level 1 (grade 1-2)
Together with another student, students are able to work in a care-giving family and use one or two rehabilitative methods. Students need a great deal of support from the supervisor to be able to draw up a rehabilitation plan for the family and to manage tasks pertaining to the recreation day.
Level 2 (3-4)
Students work activitely in a care-giving family and use a variety of rehabilitation methods to support the family's functional capacity. Students show initiative and assume responsibility for planning and implementing a recreation day.
Level 3 (grade 5)
Students work actively and creatively in a care-giving family and when planning and implementing a recreation day. Students' rehabilitation plan for the family starts from the family's needs and contains several rehabilitation methods to support the family's functional capacity.
Assessment Methods
- Numerical assessment of the family's rehabilitation plan (pair work) by supervisors of practical training
- Active participation in the planning, organisation and evaluation of the recreation day