Social Work with the Elderly to Support Agency and Functional Capacity (5 cr)
Code: TH00CA69-3002
General information
Enrollment
02.06.2025 - 15.10.2025
Timing
15.10.2025 - 10.12.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
26 - 35
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Juha Knuuttila
- Marjo Vähäkangas
Groups
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PSOSTS23
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PSOSTK23
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PSOSS23V
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
Evaluation scale
H-5
Qualifications
Students can start optional customer group-specific studies when they have completed at least 60 credits.