Course

Cognitive and Mental Health Challenges

Faculty
Health Sciences
Department
Mental Health and Personal Support Work
Course Code
MHPS 1180
Credits
3.00
Semester Length
10
Max Class Size
32
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lecture
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
This course builds on content from other courses to assist students to explore concepts and caregiving approaches that will allow them to work effectively with individuals experiencing cognitive and/or mental health challenges. The emphasis is on supporting clients with dementia, recognizing responsive behaviours, and identifying person-centered intervention strategies.
Course Content
  1. Cognitive Challenges in Older Adulthood
  2. Mental Health Challenges
  3. Abuse
Learning Activities

In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as lecture, group work, case studies, and team-based exercises.

Means of Assessment

Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.

This is a graded course.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  1. Describe ways to organize, provide, and evaluate person-centered care and assistance for clients experiencing cognitive challenges;
  2. Describe ways to organize, provide, and evaluate person-centered care and assistance for clients experiencing mental health challenges;
  3. Describe effective approaches for responding to responsive and reactive behaviours;
  4. Describe effective approaches for recognizing, responding to, and preventing elder abuse.
Textbook Materials

Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of the semester.

Requisites

Prerequisites

Students in the HCA program are required to maintain a passing grade of 65% (C+) in all courses in order to progress in the program.

Corequisites

MHPS 1170 and MHPS 1190 and MHPS 1200

Equivalencies

HCSW 1107

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer Details for MHPS 1180
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Summer 2024