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Elderly Patient Care; Home Care
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:15.12.2023 12:29:41
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | MDAK_306 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilona Zariņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care | ||||||||
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| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy and Physiology, Pathological Physiology, Pharmacology, Care Process, Medical Ethics, Interpersonal Interaction in Health Care, Introduction to Evidence Based Care. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide theoretical and practical knowledge about the peculiarities of elderly care, evaluation, observation, applying the holistic care model in maintaining the quality of life and to provide knowledge about home care measures and their implementation. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Aging theories. Psychosocial aspects of aging. Anatomical-physiological changes in the organ systems caused by aging. Atypical changes in the disease of the elderly. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Problems, peculiarities, solutions of care for the elderly. Technological approach in the care of elderly patients. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Home care planning and organization. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Documenting home care activities. Safety precautions in patient care at home. Patient rights protection in home care. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Roles and tasks of municipalities in social problems of home-care patients. Coordination and organization of care team work. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Reading and analysis of scientific literature, problem situation analysis. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | A presentation on a current topic of gerontology prepared and presented, a gerontology patient's care plan prepared and presented. Preparing and presenting an individual care plan for a home care patient. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of the study course students will be able to define and describe the general psychological and physiological changes and characteristics of the older adults. Students will be able to describe the needs of older adults (social, mental, physiological), to define and formulate care problems. As a result of the study course students describe the home care activities and the care models used; are aware of the role and activities of health care services in providing patient care and the prerequisites for achieving efficiency and quality of care. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of the study course students will be able to evaluate the psychological and physiological changes and peculiarities of the older adults. To evaluate and analyse the problems of older adults self-care and adaptation. As a result of the study course students are able to identify the patient's needs in the context of home care, understand the involvement of individual specialists in care. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to analyse care and behavioural problems in case of morbidity, as well as assess and utilise communication features in patients with Alzheimer's disease and age-related dementia. Will be able to explain and perform patient care following a holistic care model. Learn to identify and logically analyse care problems. Apply the acquired knowledge and skills in the realisation of patient home care. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Andrējevs N., Andrējeva T. Praktiskā geriatrija. Iekšīgās slimības vecāka gadagājuma pacientiem. R. 2006. | ||||||||
| 2 | Biksone G. Medikamentozā ārstēšana un aprūpe. SIA Kerena, 2002. | ||||||||
| 3 | Kaupužs, A., Fiziskās aktivitātes gados veciem cilvēkiem, Rēzekne, 2009. | ||||||||
| 4 | Slokenberga A., Zepa D., Vecums – liktenis, izaicinājums, dāvana, RAKUS, afonds, 2013. | ||||||||
| 5 | Kandere D., Kardele G. Veselības mājas aprūpes dienests bērniem un veciem cilvēkiem Dānijā. Rīga, 1997. | ||||||||
| 6 | Rudoviča S. u.c. Kvalitatīva aprūpe mājās : rokasgrāmata Rīga : [Rīgas Domes Labklājības departaments], 2006. | ||||||||
| 7 | Perry, Anne Griffin, Clinical nursing skills & techniques / [edited by] Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter, Wendy R. Ostendorf. 8th ed. St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier, [2013], c2014. xviii, 1196. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Cannon KT, Choi MM, Zuniga MA (June 2006). "Potentially inappropriate medication use in elderly patients receiving home health care: a retrospective data analysis". Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 4 (2): 134–43. | ||||||||
| 2 | Gidal BE (January 2006). "Drug absorption in the elderly: biopharmaceutical considerations for the antiepileptic drugs". Epilepsy Res. 68 (Suppl 1): S65–9. | ||||||||
| 3 | Laže, Inta. Pacienta aprūpe mājās / Inta Laže, Vita Saulīte ; Latvijas Universitātes Rīgas Medicīnas koledža, Latvijas Ārstu biedrība. Rīga : Nacionālais apgāds, 2010 48, [1] lpp. : tab. ; 30 cm. Personāla profesionālo zināšanu un prasmju pilnveide. | ||||||||
| 4 | Perry, Anne Griffin, Clinical nursing skills & techniques / Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia 5. A. Potter ; section editor Wendy Ostendorf. 7th ed. St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby/Elsevier, c2010. xxxi, 1276, [2] lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | Wilkinson, Judith M., Fundamentals of nursing / Judith M. Wilkinson, Leslie S. Treas. 2nd ed. Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Company, c2011. 2 sēj. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://app1.unmc.edu/intmed/geriatrics/index.cfm?conref=104 | ||||||||
| 2 | http://ltcmentalhealth.forumcircle.com/portal.php | ||||||||
| 3 | http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=2781&langId=lv | ||||||||
| 4 | http://vec.gov.lv/uploads/files/4d00e15e003bc.pdf | ||||||||
