Social and Health Care Services Supporting Elderly Customers (10 cr)
Code: TO00BL65-3002
General information
Enrollment
30.03.2020 - 19.04.2020
Timing
01.05.2020 - 31.07.2020
Number of ECTS credits allocated
10 op
Virtual proportion
10 op
RDI proportion
4 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Campus
Laurea Virtual Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Laurea täydentävä osaaminen, amk-tutkinto (TOS2), Terveys- ja hyvinvointialat
Teachers
- Teija Fontell
- Katja Tikkanen
- Aila Peippo
- Kirsi Leinonen
Teacher in charge
Aila Peippo
Groups
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TOS219SY
Learning outcomes
The student is able to
- carry out comprehensive geriatric assessments of elderly customers and assess their ability to function and well-being
- identify factors that threaten the quality of life and ability to function of elderly persons and plan, implement and assess the reduction of risk factors
- support the quality of life and ability to function of elderly persons by applying different guidance methods, evidence-based practices and action models in a customer-based manner
- coordinate services provided to elderly persons in multidisciplinary service networks of social services and health care
- deepen their competence of pharmaceutical care of elderly persons and learn the principles of safe implementation of pharmaceutical care
- assess the impact of the care, daily support and guidance of elderly persons on both individual and social level
Grading scale
H-5