Information Package / Course Catalogue
Elder Care Services at Home
Course Code: HB100
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

Ensure that basic information about home care and home care services is reflected in the application areas

Course Content

The concept of home care, the state of home care services worldwide and in Türkiye, home and environmental arrangements for the elderly, protection and improvement of elderly health, home care of bedridden elderly, home care for infectious diseases, case management in home care services, psychological problems encountered at home and coping methods.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Tuğba KARAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Ability to define the concepts of home care and home health services.
2.Ability to explain the advantages and disadvantages of home health care, and the criteria for initiating and terminating home health care services.
3.To be able to explain the development of home health care services from the past to the present, both in the world and in Türkiye.
4.Being able to explain the points to consider when providing home care services to elderly individuals.
5.Ability to explain the necessary interventions for protecting and improving the health of the elderly.
6.Being able to explain the things to consider regarding home and environmental arrangements for the elderly.
7.Being able to describe the necessary interventions for the physiological needs of bedridden individuals at home.
8.Ability to identify psychological problems encountered in patients and their relatives in home care.
9.Ability to explain infectious diseases encountered in home care and isolation methods.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Kutsal Y.G. ve Aslan D. (2007). Ankara: Basic Geriatri. Güneş Medical Bookstore.
2.Yılmaz M. (2019). Home care nursing. Ankara: Academician Publishing House
3.TÜİK. Old age data portal.
4.Ministry of Health Regulation on Home Health Services
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Home Care Concept, Scope, Benefits and Purposes of Home Care
Week 2 - Theoretical
Status of home care services in the world and in Turkey
Week 3 - Theoretical
Elderly and Home Care, Elderly Home Care Services
Week 4 - Theoretical
Home and Environment Regulations for the Elderly
Week 5 - Theoretical
Protecting and Improving Elderly Health-I
Week 6 - Theoretical
Protecting and Improving Elderly Health-II
Week 7 - Theoretical
Care of Bed Dependent Patient at Home-I
Week 8 - Theoretical
Midterm Exam+Care of Bed Dependent Patient at Home-II
Week 9 - Theoretical
Midterm Exam Evaluation+Home Care in Infectious Diseases-I
Week 10 - Theoretical
Home Care in Infectious Diseases-II
Week 11 - Theoretical
Case Management in Elderly Home Care Services-I
Week 12 - Theoretical
Case Management in Elderly Home Care Services-II
Week 13 - Theoretical
Psychological Problems and Coping Methods in Home Care
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Evaluation of the Course
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination1415
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)70
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2026