Multidisciplinary rehabilitation for older people (5cr)

Objective

The aim of the course is obtaining basic knowledge of the theoretical foundation of multidisciplinary gerontological rehabilitation and practical rehabilitation services for older people from the individual’s and society’s perspective.

Course competences:

Rehabilitation planning
Assessment of needs and possibilities for rehabilitation
Operation in working life

Intended learning outcome:

You will learn to understand the life course and agency of older people, as well as different generational perspectives at various stages of rehabilitation and recovery processes.

You know how to describe appropriate service packages based on the rehabilitation needs of older people, taking into account their loved ones and service network.

You can describe how elderly rehabilitees are guided and supported in taking responsibility for their own rehabilitation.

You will be able to describe how the functioning and development of service structures for older people are monitored and evaluated, and how older people can participate in the development of their services.

Content

Key contents of the course comprise the multidisciplinary knowledge base of rehabilitation for older people, the service system and rehabilitation services as well as the special features of rehabilitation of older people, including agency, life course, continuity and activity, as well as guiding them in building up their functional capacity and agency.

Qualifications

You are able to describe the social welfare and health care service system and name acts that govern it. You are able to describe what the client's participation and agency in the service system mean and which values and principles guide the service system. You know how different guidance methods are used ethically and in a goal-oriented manner to promote functional capacity and participation in everyday operating environments.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You are able to describe the basic premises, concepts and service system of multidisciplinary gerontological rehabilitation of older people. You recognise the special features of older people's rehabilitation process. You recognise the different rehabilitation needs of older people and the significance of the rehabilitee's personal responsibility for rehabilitation. You know how to direct them to different rehabilitation services. You know how to operate in the rehabilitation process with other specialists. You recognize the need to develop service structures for older people and the opportunities for older people to participate in the development of their services.