Sökning: "ENABLE-AGE"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade ordet ENABLE-AGE.
1. Participation and Independence in Old Age - Aspects of home and neighbourhood environments
Sammanfattning : The current trend in Sweden is to support older people to remain living in their own homes as long as possible. Older people spend much of their daily life within the home and neighbourhood environment. It is well known that participation and independence is important in experiencing well being in old age. LÄS MER
2. Assistive Devices in Everyday Life for Very Old People - Use, Non-use and Opportunities for Use
Sammanfattning : The overarching aim of this thesis was to contribute to the existing knowledge on the use of assistive devices in everyday life, by adding the perspective of very old single living people in a European context, namely Latvia and Sweden. The aim was to investigate the socio-demographics and environmental and health aspects that impact on device use in the two national contexts. LÄS MER
3. Relocation and residential reasoning in very old age -Housing, health and everyday life
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Moving in very old age is considered to be a major life event and relocation and access to appropriate housing options is a hot topic in the public debate across Europe. For very old people, the decision-making process and aspects influencing relocation is not well studied. LÄS MER
4. Mobility Devices in Everyday Life among Very Old Europeans: Aspects of use and changes over time
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to expand the knowledge regarding the use and need of assistive devices, in particular mobility devices, and to investigate how, from a European perspective, the use of them changed during the ageing process. An additional aim was to explore the use of mobility devices in everyday life among very old Swedish women during a five-year period. LÄS MER
5. Older people's occupations. A life with and without work. : A life with and without work
Sammanfattning : Introduction: The demographic changes with population ageing and a rapidly growing share of very old peoplewill put an increasing pressure on the health and social care system. In order to both restrict early retirement and force people to extend their working life reforms are changing pension systems in many European countries. LÄS MER