Supporting High Quality of Life and Individual Everyday Life for Memory Impaired Clients (5 ECTS)

Objective

The Students:
• find solutions to support the quality of life of the memory impaired patient
• are able to describe the basic principles of the memory impaired patient's treatment and rehabilitation plan
• identify the needs of the memory impaired client and their close ones' support, as well as the importance of guidance and cooperation in supporting a good life
• are able to assess the causes of changes in memory patient’s behaviour
• are able to describe in a versatile way the skills needed to meet a memory impaired client
• identify key methods for assessing behavioural changes and cognitive function

Content

• rights of the memory patient
• principles of individual care and rehabilitation of the memory patient
• a meaningful everyday life and a good quality of life for the memory patient families
• understanding encounters with the memory impaired patient
• changes in behaviour
• meeting, supporting, and cooperating with the relatives and close ones
• a memory home as a community and a memory patient as a member of their community
• key methods for assessing cognitive function

Location and time

18.09.2025 12:00 - 16:00 Teams
19.09.2025 08:30 - 16:00 Myllypuro campus
30.09.2025 08:30 - 16:00 Myllypuro campus
01.10.2025 08:30 - 11:45 Myllypuro campus
04.11.2025 12:00 - 15:30 Project conclusion in work life premises
05.11.2025 08:30 - 16:00 Myllypuro campus

Materials

Required readings:
See the book list at: https://metropolia.finna.fi/List/579493
Memory Disorders – Current Care Guidelines (Muistisairaudet – Käypä hoito -suositus)

Additional materials:
Extensive materials available on Moodle
Students are also expected to conduct independent material searches

Teaching methods

Essay / paper
Assignments / coursework
Face-to-face teaching / Contact teaching / Instruction
Participatory methods
Project
Reflective practice

Employer connections

4ects of the course is conducted in collaboration with working life

Exam schedules

N/A

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

It is not possible to increase the approved written work.
Participation in the course instruction is mandatory, and absences must be compensated with a written assignment.

Student workload

5 ects = 135hours student work

Content scheduling

1st - 2nd period

Further information

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Use of AI in the Course:
Please note that learning assignments must utilize sources that are relevant to the course objectives and/or specifically defined. AI may be used as a tool to support independent thinking. However, assignments cannot be entirely generated by AI. If AI is used in learning tasks, this must be clearly documented.

Guidelines can be found in OMA

AHOT:
Applications must be submitted to the course's responsible teacher, who will assess the prior learning (process the application). The recognition of prior learning follows Metropolia’s guidelines, degree regulations, and study instructions in a two-phase process. After processing the application, the responsible teacher forwards it to the degree coordinator for final approval.

If a student has an approved AHOT-decision for the course, they will act as a coach for 1–2 project teams.
Depending on the semester and the number of available coaches, some or all project teams may have the opportunity to utilize peer expertise through coaching.
Each coach is assigned 1–2 project teams. Coaches agree among themselves on how to divide the mentoring responsibilities. Interest guides the selection process.
The supervising teacher is the primary contact for any questions related to collaboration with working life, team dynamics, and project completion. The teacher also provides content-related support.
The coach's role involves sharing practical knowledge, experiential insights, and current perspectives on working life.
Coaching process: 2–3 mentoring sessions per group. After each session, the coach must send a summary of the session’s content via email to the teacher.

Course Structure:
4 ECTS of the course is completed as a memory work project (Muistityön projekti).

1 ECTS consists of contact teaching and preliminary assignments.

Degree students will complete a project.

Open university students will participate in contact teaching and complete an extensive written assignment as their learning task.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment criteria see the attachment of the curriculum
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Assessment criteria see the attachment of the curriculum
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Assessment criteria see the attachment of the curriculum
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assessment criteria see the attachment of the curriculum
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment
Learning assignment
Attendance requirement
Employer feedback