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Brain Health and Memory Training (5 cr)

Code: SG10018-3004

General information

Enrollment: 01.04.2025 - 30.04.2025; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 29.09.2025 - 07.12.2025; The implementation has not yet started.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: Geronomikoulutus (SG)

Campus: Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9

Teaching languages: Finnish

Seats: 10 - 50

Degree programmes: Degree Programme in Applied Gerontology

Teachers: Gero Virtuaalihenkilö; Karoliina Keinänen

Teacher in charge: Jonna Puustinen

Groups: SGAK24
Degree Programme in Applied Gerontology, Blended Learning, Spring, 2024

Course: SG10018

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

- You can describe the main key factors that promote brain health and prevent memory disorders
- You are able to analyse the effects of memory disorders on the functional ability and daily life of older people
- You are able to support older people with memory disorders and their next of kin by various care, service and rehabilitation interventions as well as through multidisciplinary cooperation
- You are able to apply a memory-friendly approach in encounters with older people with memory disorders and their next of kin

Content

- Main factors in promoting brain and memory health
- Criteria for good care of people with memory disorders
- Care, rehabilitation and services to support older people with memory disorders and their next of kin
- Memory-friendliness
- Evidence-based knowledge in memory work

Location and time

Opintojakson opetuksen aikataulun ja toteutuspaikan näet Pepistä lukujärjestyksestä. Itsenäisen työskentelyn ajat kalenteroit itsellesi sopivasti. Tiimityöskentelyyn (etätiimitapaamiset, ei opettajaa) on varattu 5 x 2h lukujärjestykseen. Mahdolliset lisäajat kalenteroitte tiimillenne sopivasti.

Materials

Perehdy ja hyödynnä opintojaksolla erityisesti seuraavia materiaaleja:

Kulmala ym. 2019. Hyvä vanhuus. PS-Kustannus.
Hallikainen ym. 2019. Muistisairaan hoito. Duodecim.
Käypä hoito- ja HOTUS-suositukset.

Teaching methods

Itsenäinen ja tiimityöskentely.
Perehdyt itsenäisesti opintojakson kolmeen teemaan ja teet niihin liittyvät keskustelutehtävät.
Teette tiiminä tiimitehtävää prosessinomaisesti. Työstätte tehtävää osa kerrallaan ja teette välitehtävänpalautuksia (A- ja B-OSA sekä lopuksi koko tehtävän palautus). Välitehtävistä ei anneta arvosanaa. Jokaiseen tehtävänosaan kuuluu ohjaustunti, jossa saatte ohjausta prosessin etenemiseen.

Student workload

Opintojakson suoritus 5 op = 5 x 27 h = 135 h opiskelijan työtä, se sisältää:

Lähitunnit (vko 40 ja 48) 15h,
Etäohjauksen ja palautetunnin 7h+1h=8h,
Etätiimitapaamiset (ei opettajaa) 10h,
Itsenäisen ja tiimityöskentelyn sekä oppimistehtävien tekemisen 102h.
Lisäksi annat henkilökohtaisen opintojaksopalautteen