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An Introduction to Reminiscence Facilitation: Enhancing Wellbeing in Older Adults
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About this course
About This Course
Reminiscence Facilitation: Enhancing Wellbeing in Older Adults
This e-learning module provides an introduction to reminiscence facilitation and its benefits for older adults. Participants will learn how to facilitate individual and group reminiscence sessions to create a supportive environment for sharing memories and experiences.
What you will learn
On completion of this e-learning module, you will be able to:
▪ Explain the concept and benefits of reminiscence facilitation for older adults.
▪ Identify and differentiate the different types of reminiscers and reminiscing.
▪ Acquire practical communication skills to be able to facilitate individual and group reminiscence sessions.
▪ Create reminiscence activities that foster a safe and supportive environment for sharing.
Certification of Completion: Reminiscence Facilitation: Enhancing Wellbeing in Older Adults.
Award Criteria:
1) Participants must complete 100% of this module. The activities include reading the content, watching video clips, doing practice quizzes that allows unlimited attempts.
2) Participants must also achieve a minimum score of 80% for the final assessment at the end of the e-Learning module.
Target Audience
This e-learning module is designed for family members, professionals and volunteers working with older adults in a variety of settings, including residential homes, active ageing centres, assisted living facilities, and home care support centres.
No prior experience with reminiscence facilitation is required, but having voluntary experiences with older adults will be preferable. This module is self-paced and can be completed in approximately 1.5hours.
By the end of this e-learning module, participants will have the preliminary knowledge and basic skills to facilitate individual or group reminiscence sessions and enhance the wellbeing of older adults through the power of shared memories and experiences.
Technical Requirements
Desktop / Laptop / Mobile Device.
Course Writer/Instructor
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SUSS Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) is a university with a rich heritage in inspiring lifelong education and transforming society through social sciences. We develop work-ready graduates and work-adaptive alumni to their fullest potential through our 3H’s education philosophy – ‘Head’ for professional competency with applied knowledge, ‘Heart’ for social awareness to meet the needs of the society, and ‘Habit’ for passion towards lifelong learning. We offer over 90 undergraduate and graduate programmes, available in full- and part-time study modes which are flexible, modular and inter-disciplinary, catering to both fresh school leavers and adult learners. SUSS also offers a broad range of continuing education and training modular courses for the professional skills upgrading of Singapore’s workforce. Our programmes and courses are offered by our five schools: • S R Nathan School of Human Development • School of Business • School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences • School of Law • School of Science and Technology To date, over 44,000 graduates have experienced our unique brand of education, and each year, about 21,000 students are pursuing their full- and part-time studies with us. The Institute for Adult Learning (IAL), as part of SUSS, leads in the field of research on adult learning to build capabilities of the training and adult education sector in Singapore and beyond. For more information on SUSS, please visit www.suss.edu.sg Course Staff Professor Carol Ma & Ms. Patricia Lee Associate Professor Carol Ma is the Head of Gerontology Programmes (Master & PhD) at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. She is a strong advocate for and an active and passionate practitioner in service-learning and ageing. She takes the lead in curriculum development and community engagement. Together with the National Archives of Singapore and Dementia Singapore, she has led the development of the Reminiscence in Dementia Care Project in 2019-2022. Ms. Patricia Lee is an accredited Reminiscence Arts Facilitator in Dementia Care by the European Reminiscence Network (ERN) since 2017. Together with her husband, they co-founded Reminisce Connect (www.reminisceconnect.com) to help bridge and deepen relationships with the elderly. Since then, they have developed three flagship programmes for persons living with dementia and the caregivers : Take off your CAP!; Tell Me Your Story Pa and Ma!; and recently, Gospel Through Reminiscence, targeted at dementia and spirituality. With the help of trained sessional facilitators, Patricia has chief facilitated numerous reminiscence sessions in big, small and one-to-one settings. She has also customised and conducted reminiscence training workshops for professionals, caregivers and volunteers. As an oral history practitioner, she champions the use of archives and oral narratives in promoting the wellbeing of the elderly, including persons living with dementia. Moving forward, she is keen to explore the use of reminiscence in palliative care. |