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Rehabilitation of Older People (5 cr)

Code: YI10005-3002

General information


Enrollment

01.10.2023 - 31.10.2023

Timing

26.03.2024 - 28.05.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

5 - 50

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Active Ageing, Development and Management

Teachers

  • Tuula Kukkonen
  • Raija Kuisma
  • Tuula Matikainen

Teacher in charge

Raija Kuisma

Groups

  • SIYS23
    Physiotherapist / Nurse / Social Services / Public Health Nurse (MA), Active Ageing, Development and Management, Fall, 2023

Objective

The aim of the module is that the student is able
- to assess and develop rehabilitation in a broad, multidisciplinary and goal-oriented manner based on the individual needs, resources and well-being of older people
- to assess the need for technology and develop its possibilities in supporting the rehabilitation of older people
- to evaluate and plan accessibility systematically in a multidisciplinary manner
to promote accessibility for older people in different environments
- evaluate and develop multidisciplinary rehabilitative activities of older people in communities and society, utilising evidence-based information
- to utilize RAI comparative data in management

Content

Content
- Development and application of concepts and methods of rehabilitation promoting individual well- being in rehabilitation of older people
- Multiprofessional rehabilitation plan:
- individual needs, resources, principles of well-being of the elderly person, the rehabilitation process models
- Collaboration in multidisciplinary rehabilitation in the everyday life of older people and in supporting agency
- Welfare technologies to support the rehabilitation of older people and to promote well-being
- Accessibility of the built environment (eg. Design for All, DfA)
- Application of RAI comparative data in management

Teaching methods

The aim of the module is that the student is able
• to evaluate and develop rehabilitation in a broad, multidisciplinary and goal-oriented manner based on the individual needs, resources and well-being of older people
• to assess the need for technology and develop its possibilities in supporting the rehabilitation of older people
• to evaluate and plan accessibility systematically in a multidisciplinary manner
to promote accessibility for older people in different environments
• evaluate and develop multidisciplinary rehabilitative activities of older people in communities and society, utilising evidence-based information
• to utilize RAI comparative data in management

Content
- Development and application of concepts and methods of rehabilitation promoting individual well- being in rehabilitation of older people
- Multiprofessional rehabilitation plan:
o individual needs, resources, principles of well-being of the elderly person, the rehabilitation process models
- Collaboration in multidisciplinary rehabilitation in the everyday life of older people and in supporting agency
- Welfare technologies to support the rehabilitation of older people and to promote well-being
- Accessibility of the built environment (eg. Design for All, DfA)
- Application of RAI comparative data in management

Evaluation scale

H-5