Sökning: "Gerontology"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 122 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Gerontology.

1. 21. Informal caregiving at old age. Content, coping, difficulties and satisfaction

   Författare :Anna Kristensson Ekwall; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gerontology; Gerontologi; satisfaction; coping; gender; loneliness; Elderly; informal caregivers;

   Sammanfattning : Older people take a great share of caregiving responsibility already and thus understanding of their strain, coping and satis-faction is required. The aim was to investigate dimensions of caregiving activities among elderly (75+) caregivers and to study the dimensions in relation to health-related quality of life (Paper I). LÄS MER

3. 22. Health and well-being in the elderley : A prospective population- based study

   Författare :Alette-Marie Lindgren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Medical sciences; epidemiology; primary health care; prevention; gerontology; housing; health; contentment; activites; loneliness; screening; poverty; mortality; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Medicine; medicin;

   Sammanfattning : The Albertina Project is an epidemiological study of the social, medical, economic and mortality situation among 9440 people, 75 years or older, living in the city of Uppsala, Sweden. Most people lived in their own home. The housing standard appeared to be satisfactory in the majority of cases. LÄS MER

4. 23. Collaboration between relatives of frail elderly patients and nurses in acute hospital wards. Dimensions, prerequisites and outcome

   Författare :Tove Lindhardt; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Socialmedicin; Gerontologi; Humanities; Humaniora; Social medicine; Gerontology; Content analysis; Phenomenology; Powerlessness; Guilt; Outcome; Instrument development and validation; Acute care facility; Frail elderly; Family care; Collaboration; Decision-making; samhällsmedicin; Questionnaire;

   Sammanfattning : The aim was to investigate collaboration between relatives of frail elderly patients and nurses in acute hospital wards, and to develop and test an instrument to investigate, from the relatives? perspective, dimensions of collaboration in this context and the association between collaboration and satisfaction with the hospital care trajectory. The underpinning assumption for the study was that relatives hold knowledge of the patients? situation, which is important for nurses to make a relevant and sufficient care plan. LÄS MER

5. 24. Dementia with Lewy bodies - a clinical and neurological approach

   Författare :Elisabet Londos; Klinisk minnesforskning; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Alzheimers diseases; Clinical features; Neuropathology; Cerebral Blood Flow; Gerontologi; Gerontology; Dementia; Lewy bodies;

   Sammanfattning : Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a dementia disorder, clinically characterized by fluctuating cognitive impairment, attention deficits, visual hallucinations, parkinsonism and other neuropsychiatric features. Sensitivity to neuroleptic medication is a common finding. LÄS MER

7. 25. Se lika ung ut som du känner dig : Kulturella föreställningar om ålder och åldrande i populärpress för kvinnor över 40

   Författare :Karin Lövgren; Magnus Berg; Anette Göthlund; Gunilla Jarlbro; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Cultural conceptions; doing age; age; ageing; age studies; ageism; middle age; social gerontology; cultural gerontology; social constructionism; cultural studies; popular press; advertising; gender; visual studies; Kulturella föreställningar; göra ålder; socialkonstruktionism; kulturstudier; populärpress; reklam; ålder; åldrande; medelålder; socialgerontologi; kulturgerontologi; genus; intervjuer; innehållsanalys; kvinnobilder; Tara; M Magasin; Laura; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Sammanfattning : Avhandlingen undersöker kulturella föreställningar om ålder och åldrande med utgångspunkt i populärpress för kvinnor över 40. Under 2000-talet har flera veckotidningar lanserats som vänder sig till kvinnor i medelåldern, med ålder som försäljningsargument. LÄS MER