Older adults’ mental health, substance abuse and disability service workLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You know the basics, basic threats and problems of older adults' mental health and their psychiatric diseases.
You are familiar with the key treatment methods in mental health care.
You identify the specific characteristics of substance abuse among older adults.
You can assess the disadvantages of substance abuse in cooperation with your clients.
You can guide and give instructions to both clients and family members in substance abuse.
You understand the diversity of disability and its effects on older adults.
You know disability policies and legislation, services, and social support systems.
You know the methods and activities of multiprofessional rehabilitation.

Content

How is mental health built on the course of life?
What threatening and protective factors are there in aging?
What mental health problems and psychiatric diseases are typical for aging?
How to promote mental health in aging?
What are the key mental health care methods? What are the special features and working methods of substance abuse in older adults' care?
What is disability and its diversity?
What are your attitudes towards disability?
What kind of legislation, services and support relate to disability?
What are the disability policy principles?

Accomplishment methods

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with clients, users and target groups.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way and justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.