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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 23 avhandlingar innehållade orden Dementia unit.
11. Perspectives on participation in dementia prevention clinical trials
Sammanfattning : Dementia is an enormous global health challenge with a rapid increase in the number of people affected. There is an urgent need for research to find effective treatments and preventive strategies. Dementia prevention research is undergoing rapid development with novel approaches and techniques used. LÄS MER
12. Teaching for learning and learning for teaching in care of elderly with dementia at Silviahemmet
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe a specific non-governmental programme for training licensed practical nurses as caregivers and mentors in the care of elderly with dementia. The setting for the work was Silviahemmet in Stockholm, Sweden, and the approach was inspired by ethnography. LÄS MER
13. Krävande beteenden i samband med demens : förekomst och olika förhållningssätt
Sammanfattning : This thesis based on five studies conducted within community care sought to I) study demanding symptoms and behaviour in persons > 65 years in home care or sheltered housing and work load from a staff perspective over a decade, II) study caregiver reflections when dealing with Behavioural and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), III) illuminate interactions between individuals with BPSD and caregivers who reported problems dealing with such behaviour and caregivers who did not, IV) obtain insight into their reasoning from their respective interactions with the residents. A further aim was to discuss their reasoning in relation to each other and V) describe documented experiences from giving tactile stimulation to five randomly selected residents with BPSD and changes seen in these persons during the intervention period. LÄS MER
14. Advances in brain SPECT : methodological and human investigations
Sammanfattning : The aim of this work was to optimise and validate a new approach for examination of die regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) for application in clinical research and patient care. It also involved the implementation of a software system for evaluation and analysis of rCBF. LÄS MER
15. Stroke severity and outcome : in search of predictors using a population-based strategy
Sammanfattning : This thesis, based on studies conducted in Örebro, the main municipality of Örebro County in Sweden, sought: 1) to determine the incidence rate and case fatality of first-ever stroke in a well-defined population; 2) to show the effects of selection bias on the frequency of different stroke characteristics; 3) to establish the incidence of neglect and anosognosia and their impact on disability; 4) to show the impact of pre-stroke risk factors on stroke severity and case fatality; and 5) to show the influence of stroke severity and other risk factor on one year mortality, on dependency after one year and on the risk of recurrent stroke. All first-ever cases of stroke were registered during a 12-month period 1999-2000. LÄS MER
