Community- and Home Based Rehabilitation - Cultural Perspectives, 7.5 credits

120 higher education credits in health and care sciences.

Introduction

Community- and Home Based Rehabilitation strives to achieve access for individuals with disabilities to have the same access to rehabilitation, healthcare, education and employment as other citizens in society.

The overall aim of this inter-professional course in community and home-based rehabilitation is that students acquire knowledge of the theory and practice of how to design, solve and evaluate the effects of rehabilitative measures in the home and in the community.
 
The student should, on completion of the course have knowledge about, and be able to:

• define and present central concepts in the field of community and home-based rehabilitation
• integrate and describe these concepts in a global context, focusing on assessments and interventions in the home, neighbourhood and community
• identify and describe population demographics, service in the health care system and how rehabilitation in the home and in society is delivered
• recognize and describe the care and rehabilitation from in a Swedish context and in comparison with the population in a global context
• identify and describe cross-professional and national perspectives on living and health of different ages
• describe the different assessments, actions and evaluations that are relevant in community and home-based rehabilitation
• identify, present and discuss ethical dilemmas in relation to community and home-based rehabilitation

• Definitions of community- and home-based rehabilitation
• Identification and description of how the health care system functions and how rehabilitation in home and society meets the needs of the population
• Home adaptation assessments of the environment and the society
• National and global perspective on formal and informal care and rehabilitation
• Interdisciplinary and subject-specific perspectives on housing and health in different age groups
• Assessments, measures and evaluations within community and home rehabilitation
• Measures the daily activity, work and recreational activities
• Ethical dilemmas within rehabilitation in relation to housing and the society

Learning activities are designed to provide opportunities for student involvement. Teaching methods vary between lectures, seminars, individual work, group work, literature review, pilot studies and case studies

The course will be examined through an individual examination. The student should through a client case describe the different parts in the rehabilitation process based on a specific global context considering the current health care system. The examination will be both oral and written. Grading scale: Pass with distinction/Pass/Fail.  Five possibilities to redo the examination will be offered in the event that a Pass result is not achieved at the first attempt.

Evaluation of the course will be carried out according to the guidelines established from the Board of Higher Education. The report of the course-evaluation and an analysis of the result will be published on the course-web after the evaluation is finished.