Annexure ‘CD-01’

Course Title: Psychology of Caregivers Credit Units: 3

Course Level: UG Course Code: PSYC355 L T P/ SW/F PSDA TOTAL
S W CREDIT
UNITS

2 0 0 2 3 3
Course Objectives:
The students will understand the importance of caregivers Informal caregivers play a central role in patient care, and care giving can provide positive and
negative experiences. It will enhance awareness of those factors that underlie the motivation to care for others. The students will appreciate caregivers’
understanding as to the dynamics that support and undermine self-caring activity. The Students will be able to help and encourage caregivers’ to experiment
with changing existing self-defeating patterns and acquiring or strengthening more constructive ways of being.

Prerequisites: NIL

Course Contents / Syllabus:

Weightage (%)

Module I Introduction
20%
Concept of care-giving
Nature & Scope
Historical Foundations
Module II: Classification
20%
Primary Care-givers
Secondary Care-givers
Tertiary Care-givers
Module III: Care-giving in different settings
Rehabilitation & Palliative Care 20%
Orphanages
De-addiction centers
Old Age Home
Hospitals
Schools
Module IV Psychological Perspective
20%
Quality of Life
Hope, Optimism, Love, Happiness
Social Support
Religion & Spirituality
Module V: Burn Out in Caregivers
20%
Identification of Burn Out
Types of Burn Outs: Physical, Social, Emotional, Cognitive
Dealing with Burn out: Remedial Measure

Course Learning Outcomes:

• Recognize the importance of caregivers and their psychological perspective

• Analyze physical, social, emotional and cognitive issues of the caregivers
• Apply their understanding for betterment of caregivers.

Pedagogy for Course Delivery: The class will be taught using theory and case based method through remote learning using vedios, ppts etc.

List of Professional Skill Development Activities (PSDA):

i. Report
ii. Movie Analysis
iii. Case Study

Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

Theory L/T (%) Lab/Practical/Studio (%) End Term Examination

NA 70%

Theory Assessment (L&T):

Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment

End Term
Components Project Home Presentation Attendance Examination
(Drop down) assignments
Linkage of PSDA PSDA 1 PSDA 2 PSDA 3
with Internal
Assessment
Component, if any

Weightage (%) 10% 10% 5% 5% 70%

Mapping Continuous Evaluationcomponents/PSDA with CLOs

Bloom’s Level > Remembering Understanding Applying Analysing Evaluating Creating

Course CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4 CLO5 CLO 6

Learning
Outcomes

Assessment
type/PSDA
 Project ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Home ✓ ✓ ✓
assignments
Presentation ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Text Reading:

• Hilary Schofield, Sidney Bloch, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Helen Herrman, Barbara Murphy, Julie Nankervis, Bruce Singh, Family
caregivers: disability, illness and ageing. Published by Allen & Unwin, 1998

References:

• Ilene Morof Lubkin, Pamala D. Larsen, Chronic illness: impact and interventions. Published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2005
• Karen Dahlberg Vander Ven, Ethel Tittnich , Competent caregivers--competent children: training and education for child care practice, Haworth Press,
1986