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1. 1. Home care communication : moving beyond the surface

   Författare :Jessica Höglander; Inger K. Holmström; Jakob Håkansson Eklund; Annelie J. Sundler; Bjöörn Fossum; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Nyckelord :communication; home care services; nursing staff; older persons; person-centred care; RIAS; VR-CoDES; Care Sciences; vårdvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Communication is an essential part of care and human interaction. While communication within care entails both task-focused and socio-emotional elements, nurses are sometimes perceived as too task-focused. When in need of care, older persons want to be perceived and treated as individuals – to feel involved. LÄS MER

3. 2. Tinkering Care Moves : Senior Home Care in Practice

   Författare :Peter A. Lutz; Mats Utas; Klaus Lindgaard Hoeyer; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; care moves; tinkering; senior home care; Sweden; United States; Vårdvetenskap; Caring Sciences; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; Etnologi; Ethnology; Health Care Research; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Human-Computer Interaction; Människa-dator interaktion; Medical Informatics; Medicinsk informatik;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation builds on the current anthropological studies of care relations in practice. It draws inspiration from science and technology studies (STS) and postfeminist technoscience. A qualitative ethnographic approach grounds the empirical data collection and analysis. LÄS MER

4. 3. Health economic studies on advanced home care

   Författare :Agneta Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; health economics; economic evaluation; advanced home care; redistribution; cost; informal care; Health and medical services in society; Hälso- och sjukvård i samhället;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to examine the cost-effectiveness of specific advanced home care and home rehabilitation interventions and to improve economic evaluation methods when applied to advanced home care. This included a comparison of two alternative ways of administering oxygen at home to patients with chronic hypoxaemia, as well as a review of scientific evidence on costs and effects of home rehabilitation after stroke. LÄS MER

5. 4. Harnessing togetherness : perceptions of loneliness and promotion of social participation in the home care context

   Författare :Therese Nordin; Ingeborg Nilsson; Per E. Gustafsson; Sofi Fristedt; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Loneliness; Older adults; Home care services; Home care delivery; Social participation; Occupational therapy; arbetsterapi;

   Sammanfattning : Introduction: It is well known that older adults have a higher risk for loneliness, which is detrimental to health. Home care in Sweden has a responsibility to address social needs, but systematic approaches are lacking and there is a know–do gap. LÄS MER

7. 5. Using Technologies with Care : Notes on Technology Assimilation Processes in Home Care

   Författare :Carl Johan Orre; Mikael Wiberg; Andrew Monk; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Home care; Mobile ICT; Assimilation processes; Cooperative work; Work ecologies; Orchestration; Workplace studies; CSCW; Informatics and systems science; Informatik och systemvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Elderly care is currently undergoing a phase of development in which new technologies are anticipated to increase efficiency, secure quality of services and give care assistants more time with the elderly people. This thesis reports on a study of how people involve technologies in everyday home care work. LÄS MER