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Welfare Technology, 15 YH credits.

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Part of the YH programme Specialist-Trained Assistant Nurse in Cognitive Diseases at TUC Yrkeshögskola. This course cannot be applied for on its own. Programme code: UNKOD23STO.

Welfare Technology is part of TUC Yrkeshögskola's specialist programme for assistant nurses in cognitive diseases/dementia and gives knowledge of different technical aids in the home for older people, relatives and carers in the field of cognitive diseases. You gain the skills to suggest and give instruction in different aids, and the course also covers cognitive aids for people whose first language is not Swedish.

Duration: 6 weeks
Location: Tranås/Jönköping
Language: Swedish
Level: Intermediate
CSN-eligible

Time commitment: Half time, about 20 hours/week

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About the course.

The course aims to give knowledge of different technical aids in the home for older people, relatives and carers in the field of cognitive diseases. The goal of the course is to give the student the skills to suggest and give instruction in different aids. The course also covers cognitive aids for other languages.

The course aims to give knowledge of different technical aids in the home for older people, relatives and carers in the field of cognitive diseases. The goal of the course is to give the student the skills to suggest and give instruction in different aids. The course also covers cognitive aids for other languages.

What you will learn

What you learn.

  • You know different technical aids for people with cognitive disease in the home environment.
  • You can suggest suitable aids based on the individual's needs.
  • You can instruct users, relatives and colleagues in the use of aids.
  • You know cognitive aids adapted for other languages.
Curriculum

How the course is built.

  1. Technical aids in the home

    Different types of welfare technology for older people and people with cognitive disease.

  2. Suggesting and giving instruction in aids

    Practical skills in selecting aids and giving instruction in their use.

  3. Aids for other languages

    Cognitive aids adapted for people with another first language.

Target audience

Who is this for?

Working assistant nurses taking further training in the care of people with cognitive disease/dementia.

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