Sökning: "Institutional care of elderly people"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden Institutional care of elderly people.
1. Physical restraint use and falls in institutional care of old people : effects of a restraint minimization program
Sammanfattning : Physical restraint use and falls are common in institutional care of old people and various attempts have been made to reduce their occurrence. Falls and concomitant injuries are a major problem due to their negative effect on morbidity and mortality. LÄS MER
2. Att överbrygga perspektiv : En studie av behovsbedömningssamtal inom äldreinriktat socialt arbete
Sammanfattning : The aim of the study was to describe and analyse institutional practice in need assessment dialogues. The questions were: How are the dialogues structured? How is the professional dialogue content combined with: the institutional, traditional and personal perspectives? How are communicative problems solved?Mapping, assessing and deciding on social welfare or other aid measures for elderly people is one part of the concretisation of the elderly care policy in the encounter with the individual citizen. LÄS MER
3. Tradition, change and variation : past and present trends in public old-age care
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this dissertation is to describe and analyse how public old-age care in Sweden has developed and changed during the last century. The study applies a provider perspective on how care has been planned and professionally carried out. LÄS MER
4. Stroke in elderly people. A randomised study of stroke unit care. Evaluation of health care utilisation and costs
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. There is no escape from getting old - Older persons' experiences of environmental change in residential care
Sammanfattning : A life of quality in residential care has to be finely balanced against the characteristics of institutionalization. Highly desirable aspects of person-hood, such as dignity, privacy, and eligibility, are bound up with satisfying and supportive living arrangements. LÄS MER