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 Department:    HSERV

 Course #:    110

 Credits:    3

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    3

 CIP:    370103

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2018

 Course Description  

Overview of the caregiving experience. This is an elective course designed for anyone who will become a care worker, particularly those caregivers who will be working in a home under the direct guidance of the client or their representative. This can be the case in families where the elder or disabled family member is ruled as custodial and is determined to remain in his/her home, but requires help managing day to day instrumental care tasks as well as personal oversight and some personal care. Taught in a small group format, each student will participate by self-reflection, group discussion and interaction.

 Prerequisite  

None

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 33

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Supplementary Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Identify the elements and properties of the caregiving experience. Demonstrate understanding of Influences on caregiving readiness and capability.
2. Relate ages and stages of life cycle with care needs and experience of care.
3. Identify and compare different power relations occurring within the caregiving experience.
4. Demonstrate and understand the effects of power relations on wellbeing and self-esteem. Define self-care agency and contributors to agency effectiveness.
5. Define self-care requirements and background influences of each. Utilize predictive self-evaluation of strengths and weaknesses in caregiving.
6. Evaluate and understand caregiving relationships. Evaluate and understand readiness for care work.
7. Identify and understand elements of caregiving to be negotiated between caregiver and client.
8. Understand steps in successful negotiation of a caregiving compact. Understand the importance of structure and boundaries in compact development.
9. Create and use a template for negotiation with a client. Identify and address challenges to successful compact negotiations.
10. Present their work clearly and effectively in written, spoken and visual forms as well as show an awareness of nonverbal cues relating to self-care.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.8 Describe how one’s own preconceptions, biases and values affect one’s response to new and ambiguous situations.
2.9 Apply and/or create problem-solving strategies to successfully adapt to unpredictable and/or changing environments.

3. Communication

Definition: Understanding and producing effective written, spoken, visual, and non-verbal communication.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
3.3 Demonstrate effective listening skills.
3.5 Recognize, comprehend, and use non-verbal behaviors appropriate to a given context.

6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility

Definition: Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
6.1 Identify ethical and healthy choices and apply these personally, socially, academically, and professionally.
6.2 Demonstrate standards of professionalism in manner, appearance, and setting appropriate to the context, including the classroom, workplace, and community.
6.5 Develop self-monitoring and self-advocacy skills to effect positive life changes.

Course Contents

1. Elements and properties of the caregiving experience. Influences on caregiving readiness and capability.
2. Ages and stages of life cycle with care needs and experience of care. Different power relations occurring within the caregiving experience.
3. Effects of power relations on wellbeing and self-esteem. Self-care agency and contributors to agency effectiveness.
4. Self-care requirements and background influences of each. Self-evaluation of strengths and weaknesses in caregiving.
5. Caregiving relationships. Readiness for care work.
6. Elements of caregiving to be negotiated between caregiver and client. Steps in successful negotiation of a caregiving compact.
7. Structure and boundaries in compact development. Template for negotiation with a client.
8. Challenges to successful compact negotiations. Non-verbal cues relating to self-care.