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1. 16. Äldre personers sista tid i livet. Livskvalitet, vård, omsorg och närståendes situation

   Författare :Magdalena Andersson; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gerontologi; Palliative care; Public care; Experience; Quality of life; Next of kin; Qualitative research; Quantitative research; Gerontology; Frail elderly; End-of-life;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to investigate old people's care and quality of life during the last period of life, but also to investigate their own and next-of-kin's experience of this phase. The thesis is based on four studies using separate samples. LÄS MER

3. 17. Daily life after stroke in elderly people. Evaluation of stroke unit care focusing on daily activities, resource use and costs, assistive devices and health-related quality of life

   Författare :Gunilla Gosman-Hedström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Stroke unit; randomization; longitudinal study; resource use and cost; informal care; elderly; occupational therapy; daily activities; Functional Independence Measure; construct validity; assistive devices; housing modifications; health-related quality of life;

   Sammanfattning : Aims: The overall aims of this thesis were: a) to compare stroke unit (SU) care and its continuum with care on general wards (GW) for elderly patients, concerning resource use and costs for care and rehabilitation focusing on assistive technology in a one-year follow-up and, b) to explore the use and cost of assistive devices (ADs), ability in daily activities and self-rated health-related quality of life (HRQL) longitudinally.Methods: Two hundred and forty-nine persons >70 years were followed in a randomized, prospective study evaluating SU care after acute stroke. LÄS MER

4. 18. Stroke in elderly people. A randomised study of stroke unit care. Evaluation of health care utilisation and costs

   Författare :Lisbeth Claesson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Stroke; aged; activities of daily living; quality of life; health care costs; patient readmission; cognition; comorbidity; treatment outcome; statistics nonparametric;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate stroke unit care for elderly patients, aged > 70 years, in daily life activities, health-related quality of life and costs, to describe patients´ conditions from the perspectives of re-admissions to hospital care and to identify the consequences of cognitive impairments on daily life activities and costs.I-II. LÄS MER

5. 19. Nutritional Intervention in Elderly People Admitted to Resident Homes

   Författare :Kerstin Wikby; Anna-Christina Ek; Lennart Christensson; Per-Olof Sandman; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Elderly people; resident homes; comparison; nutritional intervention; education; individualised care; inter-rater reliability; appetite; qualitative method; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The aim was to investigate the effects of an intervention, based on education given to staff and implementation of an individualized nutritional programme given to the residents, to compare assessments on admission with a previous study, and to perform diagnostic test and inter-rater reliability of the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). A further aim was to identify and describe factors with regard to appetite among the residents. LÄS MER

7. 20. Prediction and prevention of falls among elderly people in residential care

   Författare :Lillemor Lundin-Olsson; Yngve Gustafson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; accidental falls; risk factors; movement; equilibrium; predictive value of test; accidental falls: prevention control; randomised controlled trials; frail elderly; residential facilities;

   Sammanfattning : Among elderly people, falls lead to a considerable amount of immobility, morbidity, and mortality. The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate methods for predicting falls, and to evaluate a fall prevention program among elderly people living in residential care facilities. LÄS MER