Advanced Studies in Socio-Cultural Work with Seniors and EldersLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The students justify their own operation in senior and elderly work in an ethical and informational manner. They assess the practices of senior and elderly work as well as societal level elderly and age policy and its global connections with information on social and environmental gerontology based on the value base of the social field.

Content

Age discussion in the society, values and ethical principles of senior and elderly work
Multiexpertise in senior and elderly work
Professional practices in sociocultural senior and elderly work
Quality recommendation and quality work in services for the aging
Development and future of senior and elderly service system
Elderly and age policy and its means
Globalisation and international elderly policy

Qualifications

The students structure aging and senior and elderly work from the sociocultural viewpoint and understand the connection between various information bases with the aging cultures of service and operation environments. The students recognise the resources of the life of elderly people and exploit them in customer work. The students know the turning points of the life of the elderly and the possibilities of the service system to support the elderly. The students understand the theoretical basics of work forms and methods in elderly work and can apply them in the professional practice of sociocultural senior and elderly work.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The assessment criteria are confirmed in the beginning of the course.