Social and Health Care Services Supporting Elderly Customers (10cr)

Code: TO00BL65-3006

General information

Enrollment: 01.01.2022 - 28.02.2022; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 05.04.2022 - 24.08.2022; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 10 cr

Local portion: 5 cr

Virtual proportion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: Blended learning

Campus: Laurea Tikkurila

Teaching languages: Finnish

Seats: 15 - 15

Degree programmes: Vanhustyön osaaja (USV15), Laurea Tikkurila

Teachers: Sanna Saraste; Sanna Soini

Teacher in charge: Sanna Soini

Study unit: TO00BL65

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