Sökning: "Elders"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Elders.

1. 1. A matter of life and health : Life satisfaction, personality and mortality in two populations of elders

   Författare :Ingela Steij Stålbrand; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Elders; health; subjective well-being; life satisfaction; personality; multimorbidity; mortality; symptoms;

   Sammanfattning : The aims of the present thesis were to explore and describe elderly people’s morbidity and experience of symptoms in relation to life satisfaction, personality and mortality. (I, II and III) To learn from the individuals who have high life satisfaction in spite of the fact that they have concurrent medical diagnoses and conditions. LÄS MER

3. 2. Frail elders´experiences of health A combination of qualitative and quantitative studies with a salutogenic perspective

   Författare :Zahra Ebrahimi; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Experiences of health; frail elders; resilience; person-centered care; Salutogenic perspective;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the thesis was to explore experiences of health and its´ influencing factors among frail elders and to evaluate the effect of the intervention Continuum of care for frail elderly people, from the emergency ward to living at home. Studies I and II had a qualitative approach, and aimed to explore frail elders’ experiences with and perceptions on the phenomenon of experiences of health (study I), and to explore and identify influences on frail older adults’ experience of health (study II). LÄS MER

4. 3. The Elders and the Hills: Animism and Cosmological Re-Creation among the Q'eqchi' Maya in Chisec, Guatemala

   Författare :Stefan Permanto; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Animism; Cosmology; Rituals; Environment; Q’eqchi’; Maya; Guatemala; Latin America.;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on fieldwork conducted in the municipality of Chisec in the department of Alta Verapaz in Guatemala. Within the context of post-war Maya cultural emergence and the recent introduction of non-indigenous elements this study examines the cosmological notions and ritual practices among a group of elderly Q’eqchi’ men and women. LÄS MER

5. 4. According to need? : Predicting use of formal and informal care in a Swedish urban elderly population

   Författare :Kristina Larsson; Mats Thorslund; Marta Szebehely; Svein Olav Daatland; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; home-based care; community-based services; predicting use of eldercare; home-help services; informal care; institutionalization; dementia; depression; Social work; Socialt arbete;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies factors that predict use of public eldercare, informal care, and purchase of private services in relation to an individual’s needs, social network characteristics, and sociodemographic factors. A further purpose is to examine whether use of public eldercare is correlated to receipt of informal care and purchase of private services in the Swedish welfare state. LÄS MER

7. 5. Påfrestande situationer och bemästrandets konst : en fenomenologisk studie av sjuksköterskor i äldrevården

   Författare :Maud Järemo; Glenn Hultman; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Geriatric nursing; Health Personnel; nurses; Nurse; care of the elderly; strenuous situations; coping.; Sjuksköterskor; geriatrik; äldrevård; yrkesroller; sjukvårdspersonal; arbetsbelastning; arbetsmiljö;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to describe situations that nurses experience as strenuous in their work with elders in institutional environment. The study focuses on the content and structure of the situations, meanings the nurses put in the situations and how they manage to handle the situations. LÄS MER