Sökning: "Older people and ageing"

Visar resultat 31 - 35 av 87 avhandlingar innehållade orden Older people and ageing.

1. 31. "Era delar är min helhet" : En studie om att vara äldre och multisjuk

   Författare :Martina Summer Meranius; Ingergerd Fagerberg; Karin Dahlberg; Kenneth Asplund; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ageing; comorbidity; gerontological nursing; nursing homes; older people; ordinary housing; phenomenology; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Omvårdnad; Nursing;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to describe what it means to be old and live with multimorbidity. An additional aim is to examine and describe the contextual meaning of the phenomenon in ordinary housing and nursing homes, and a third aim is to deepen our understanding of the situation for old people who also are ill. LÄS MER

3. 32. Demographics and Future Needs for Public Long Term Care and Services among the Elderly in Sweden : The Need for Planning

   Författare :Ilija Batljan; Mats Thorslund; Joakim Palme; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ageing; planning; demographic projections; health status; mortality; educational composition; last years of life; Older people and ageing; Äldre och åldrande; socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Sammanfattning : Long term care and social services (LTCaS) for older people are an important part of the Scandinavian welfare state. The fast growing number of elderly people in Sweden has caused many concerns about increases in future needs (and particularly costs) of age-related social programs such as LTCaS. LÄS MER

4. 33. Quality of life among older people. Their experience, need of help, health, social support, everyday activities and sense of coherence

   Författare :Gunilla Borglin; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health-related quality; Quality of life; Older people; Gerontologi; Gerontology; Medicin människa och djur ; Medicine human and vertebrates ;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate QoL and Health-Related QoL (HRQoL) among people aged 75 years and over in relation to socio-demographic variables, need of ADL help, various degrees of present QoL, self-rated health (SRH), health complaints, everyday activities, social support and sense of coherence (SOC). A further aim was to test a QoL scale and to illuminate older people's experience of QoL. LÄS MER

5. 34. Inner strength among old people : a resource for experience of health, despite disease and adversities

   Författare :Kerstin Viglund; Gunilla Strandberg; Berit Lundman; Elisabeth Jonsén; Björn Nygren; Gunilla Borglin; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Inner strength; old people; health; disease management; instrument development; mediating; structural equation modelling; qualitative content analysis; caring sciences in social sciences; omvårdnadsforskning med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning;

   Sammanfattning : Background Inner strength has been described as an important phenomenon in association with disease management, health, and ageing. To increase the knowledge of the phenomenon of inner strength, a meta-theoretical analysis was performed which resulted in a model of Inner Strength where inner strength comprises four interrelated and interacting dimensions; connectedness, creativity, flexibility, and firmness. LÄS MER

7. 35. Nutritional status, body composition and physical activity among older people living in residential care facilities

   Författare :Maine Carlsson; Yngve Gustafson; Frode Slinde; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nutritional status; constipation; BW loss; UTI; body composition; exercise; muscle mass; functional balance; Nutrition; Näringslära; näringslära; Nutrition;

   Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this thesis was to study, whether drinkable yoghurt enriched with probiotic bacteria could have any effect on constipation and body weight (BW) among older people with dementia. Further, it concerns poor nutritional status among older people with physical and cognitive impairments and its relationship with factors commonly occur in older people living in residential care facilities. LÄS MER