Relatives’ Day (Omaistenpäivä) for Older People living in a Care Home and their Family Members
Eyong, Christian; Ezeme, Hyginus (2024)
2024
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Every relative wishes to cater to their older ones and be there for them at all times. However, there tend to be some mitigating factors that make it impossible to achieve comprehensive success especially when older people are confined to long-term residential care. The routines and little things that older people and their relatives are accustomed to become non-existent. Hence, older people crave those things that they grew up doing and with their relatives.
This is a project-based thesis that has a product in the form of organizing an event in a private care home in western Finland. The purpose of this thesis was to organize a relatives’ day for older people living in a care home and their families. The objective was premised on strengthening the relationship between older people in a care home and their relatives on relatives’ day and to develop and enhance their cognitive capacities. This project has enabled the authors to deepen their intellectual astuteness, broaden their knowledge of the topic, and hone their search skills to provide an informative, incisive, and comprehensive product.
The waterfall project methodology was used for the implementation of the project as it was accomplished in six stages: requirements, analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. The method was adopted because of its rigidity and linearity; ensuring that each phase was completed before moving to the next.
It is essential to assert that the information provided in this thesis was derived from reliable and credible sources following SAMK guidelines. Ethical principles were stringently adhered to according to SAMK and TENK guidelines.
This is a project-based thesis that has a product in the form of organizing an event in a private care home in western Finland. The purpose of this thesis was to organize a relatives’ day for older people living in a care home and their families. The objective was premised on strengthening the relationship between older people in a care home and their relatives on relatives’ day and to develop and enhance their cognitive capacities. This project has enabled the authors to deepen their intellectual astuteness, broaden their knowledge of the topic, and hone their search skills to provide an informative, incisive, and comprehensive product.
The waterfall project methodology was used for the implementation of the project as it was accomplished in six stages: requirements, analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. The method was adopted because of its rigidity and linearity; ensuring that each phase was completed before moving to the next.
It is essential to assert that the information provided in this thesis was derived from reliable and credible sources following SAMK guidelines. Ethical principles were stringently adhered to according to SAMK and TENK guidelines.