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1. 11. Elderly South Africans' in transition : the daily life circumstances, beliefs concerning health and illness and the influences on caring and family structure

   Författare :Doris Bohman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Activities of daily living; Aged; Changing society; Elderly; Ethnography; Family; Health and illness beliefs; Interpretive phenomenology; Keeping normality; Modernization; Reciprocity; South Africa; Tradition; Transition; Activities of daily living; changing society; Elderly; Ethnography; Keeping normality; South Africa; health and illness beliefs; interpretive phenomenology; transition; aged; family; modernization; reciprocity; tradition;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to shed light on different aspects of elderly South Africans experiences in a transitional period in order to reach culturally contextual knowledge within gerontological care. The research objectives were to: identify and describe daily life and related concerns and interests as expressed by a group of elderly (I), illuminate how a group of elderly South Africans experience being old in a transitional period (II), study how a group of aged South Africans and their family members describe their intergenerational relations in a transitional period i. LÄS MER

3. 12. On Falls in the Elderly –Epidemiological Studies from the Longitudinal General Population Study ‘Good Aging in Skåne’ (GÅS), Sweden

   Författare :Magnus Stenhagen; Geriatrik; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Accidental falls; elderly; general population; risk factors; prospective; health-related quality of life; life satisfaction; activities of daily living.;

   Sammanfattning : In a ‘greying world’ with aging populations, falls in the elderly are a challenge to the health care system as they are associated with substantial mortality and morbidity. Apart from physical injuries, the consequences of falls are broad, with additional psychological and social consequences. LÄS MER

4. 13. Longing to belong : deaf and hard of hearing young adults’ social interaction, social relationships, and identity

   Författare :Sylvia Olsson; Munir Dag; Christian Kullberg; Carin Roos; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis gives an insight about the impact of hearing loss on young adults as they function in daily life. Young adults with hearing loss included in the thesis can convey a very central perspective that can have an impact on a change in interventions and treatment in school life, working life and even in their leisure time. LÄS MER

5. 14. Cognitive impairment and its consequences in everyday life

   Författare :Maria Johansson; Ewa Wressle; Jan Marcusson; Louise Nygård; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Activities of daily living; assessment; dementia; mild cognitive impairment; occupational therapy; quality of life;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim was to improve knowledge of the consequences of cognitive dysfunction in everyday life and of instruments to make these assessments. The thesis contains four studies each of different design using different populations. LÄS MER

7. 15. Living with muscular dystrophy : Illness experience, activities of daily living, coping, quality of life and rehabilitation

   Författare :Birgitta Nätterlund; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Medical sciences; Muscular dystrophy; illness experiences; activities of daily living; coping; quality of life; rehabilitation; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim was to study and gain knowledge about what it means to live with muscular dystrophy and to study rehabilitation from the patient's perspective, among adults with muscular dystrophy in three Swedish counties: Örebro, Östergötland and Norrbotten. The thesis comprises two qualitative and three quantitative studies. LÄS MER