Social Work with the Elderly to Support Agency and Functional CapacityLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

• you are familiar with approaches to agency and functional capacity with respect to ageing, and you know how to apply them in your work
• you know how to prepare a care and service plan in collaboration with your client and different professional groups
• you are able to use methods of social work with the elderly independently
• you know how to use electric operating environments in your counselling work and help your clients to use digital services
• you are able to evaluate, solve and apply ethical issues in social work with the elderly, respecting your clients

Content

• the assessment and measures of functional capacity
• methods that support agency in social work with the elderly
• special issues and the future of ageing
• ethical issues in social work with the elderly

Qualifications

Students can start optional customer group-specific studies when they have completed at least 60 credits.