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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 78 avhandlingar innehållade orden Aktivitet äldre.
1. ”Fysisk aktivitet –att röra sig och må väl.” Villkor och dilemman för äldres fysiska aktivitet : En observations- och intervjustudie
Sammanfattning : Fysisk aktivitet beskrivs vara positiv både för den fysiska och den psykiska hälsan för personer i alla åldrar. Det finns rekommendationer för hur mycket fysisk aktivitet människor bör ägna sig åt varje dag. Idag finns även rekommendationer för fysisk aktivitet framtagna för personer som bor i särskilt boende. LÄS MER
2. Unpacking the Welfare Technology Solution Discourse : An analysis of society’s perceptions of formal and informal care of older people
Sammanfattning : The overarching aim of this thesis is to examine how the welfare technology solution discourse can provide insights into society’s views of formal and informal care for older people. The thesis employs a qualitative inductive design based on social constructionism and discourse analysis. LÄS MER
3. Everyday Mobility and Travel Activities during the first years of Retirement
Sammanfattning : Mobility is central to living an independent life, to participating in society, and to maintaining well-being in later life. The point of departure in this thesis is that retirement implies changes in time-space use and interruption in routines, which influence demands and preconditions for mobility in different ways. LÄS MER
4. Physical activity, visceral adipose tissue, and cardiovascular disease in older adults : associations and effects
Sammanfattning : BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) poses a substantial public health burden and is the leading cause of mortality in older adults. With the population aging rapidly, interventions aimed at improving modifiable risk factors for CVD, such as physical inactivity and visceral obesity, could play an important role in reducing its burden, provided they are proven effective. LÄS MER
5. Depression in older people with and without dementia : non-pharmacological interventions and associations between psychotropic drugs and mortality
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to investigate associations between psychotropic drug use and death, associations between functional capacity, dependency in ADL and depression, and to evaluate a non-pharmacological intervention to reduce depressive symptoms, among older people with and without dementia.There is limited knowledge about the risk of death associated with psychotropic drug use among those aged ≥85 years, those with dementia, or those living in residential care facilities; groups that have a higher intake of psychotropic drugs and who are also more prone to adverse drug reactions. LÄS MER
