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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden KASAM vård.
1. Severely mentally ill individuals in the community: Needs for care, quality of life and social network
Sammanfattning : This 18-month follow-up study investigated needs for care and support, quality of life and social network in individuals with schizophrenia or a schizoaffective disorder living in the community and in contact with psychiatric services. The validity of Antonovsky's sense of coherence (SOC) measure was also examined. LÄS MER
2. Family caregivers of persons with dementia. Experiences of burden, satisfaction and psychosocial intervention
Sammanfattning : One of the most common diseases occurring in old age groups is dementia. Caring for a relative with dementia poses many challenges for family caregivers and they bear the main responsibility for the persons with dementia living at home. LÄS MER
3. Living with cancer in old age. Quality of life and meaning
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate quality of life in people aged 75 and older with cancer in relation to age, gender, presence and type of complaints, comorbidity, living conditions, perceived economic situation, sense of coherence, receiving help for daily living and social resources. The aim was also to investigate older people’s experiences and the meaning of living with cancer in old age. LÄS MER
4. Bridging the communicative gap between a person with dementia and caregivers. A nursing perspective
Sammanfattning : The aim was to explore possible areas and sources that could inform the care for people with dementia. These were the people with dementia themselves, nurses reflective discussions about caring, nurse-patient interaction together with information from close family members, and the previous personality and sense of coherence of people with dementia in relation to behaviour during the disease as related by themselves and/or a family member and the experiences of everyday life for people with dementia still able to talk about their experiences and living as a couple when one of the partners has a dementia disease. LÄS MER
5. Informal caregiving at old age. Content, coping, difficulties and satisfaction
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