Information Package / Course Catalogue
Basic Principles in Disabled Elderly Care
Course Code: YSB502
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 7
Objectives of the Course

Teaching of fundamental principles of elderly health and elderly's health care, gaining a general perspective on spesific services and applications for the elderly in order to enhance the quality of life of the elderly

Course Content

Dependence, disability, disability concepts, making oral care and give position to functionally dependent older person, care requirements of system problems in older person and practices for care problems

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Knowledge o personal hygiene practices to functionally dependent older person
2.Definition care requirements of system problems in older person
3.Knowledge the causes of incontinence, in older people and reflect on and assess how the quality of life can be affected by bladder and bowel
4.Knowledge management of constipation of older adults can occur
5.knows how to avoid addiction
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Duzgun G, Ustundag S ve Karadakovan A. (2021). Yaşlılarda kırılganlığın değerlendirilmesi. Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, 29(1), 2– 8. doi:10.5152/fnjn.2021.414736
2.Kapucu, S. Geriatri Hemşireliği. Hipokrat Kitpevi, Ankara, 2019
3.Karadakovan A.(Çeviri Editörü), Yaşlı Bakımı Hemşireliği, Nobel Akademi Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2015
4.Dedeli Ö. Olgun S. Geriatrik Bakım İlkeleri. (Edt. Gülten Kaplan) Nobel Tıp Kitapevi Ltd. Şti. İstanbul 2013.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Dependence, disability, disability concepts
Week 2 - Theoretical
Hygiene practices for bedridden elderly individuals
Week 3 - Theoretical
Oral health of the bedridden elderly and care practices for maintaining oral health
Week 4 - Theoretical
Common care problems of the elderly and care: diarrhea
Week 5 - Theoretical
Common care problems of the elderly and care: constipation
Week 6 - Theoretical
Fluid and electrolytes balance in the elderly.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Care of elderly with respiratory system problems
Week 8 - Theoretical
Care of elderly with gastrointestinal systems problems (Midterm)
Week 9 - Theoretical
care of elderly with urinary system problems
Week 10 - Theoretical
Care of elderly with nervous system problems
Week 11 - Theoretical
Care of elderly with nervous system problems
Week 12 - Theoretical
Care of elderly with cardiovascular system problems
Week 13 - Theoretical
Care of elderly with cardiovascular system problems
Week 14 - Theoretical
Care of elderly with cardiovascular system problems
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%15
Quiz1%5
Midterm Examination1%10
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Lecture - Practice141242
Presentation 1202
Quiz1202
Midterm Examination137239
Final Examination136238
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)179
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
5
4
3
4
4
OÇ-2
5
5
5
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
3
3
3
OÇ-4
4
4
3
3
3
OÇ-5
1
2
2
4
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026