Sökning: "care for the elderly"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 483 avhandlingar innehållade orden care for the elderly.

  1. 1. Boende och omsorg - omsorg om boendet : Analys av en modell för socialtjänstens medverkan i samhällsplaneringen - en vision för äldreboende

    Författare :Cecilia Henning; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; housing for the elderly; social services; social planning; community care; social network; social integration; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : The Linkoping Model for social care and planning is characterized by asmall scale, decentralized form of living with opportunities for care andservice permitting great flexibility. One bearing principle is the integration of care of the elderly with child care; another, integrating housing for the elderly with other housing to avoid age segregation and social isolation. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Does Anybody Care? : Public and Private Responsibilities in Swedish Eldercare 1940-2000

    Författare :Helene Brodin; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; eldercare; elder care; elder; elderly; care; informal care; gender; gender division of labour; unpaid labour; housework; domestic work; welfare; welfare state; social policy; discourse; discourse analysis; institutional change; policy change; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Sammanfattning : Since the 1980s, practically all of the western welfare states have developed social policies, which aim at shifting the responsibilities for welfare services from the state to the family, the civil society or to the market. In Sweden, this political transformation has particularly hit the public eldercare. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Potential for self-care : Assessing and describing self-care ability among elderly people

    Författare :Olle Söderhamn; Per-Olof Sandman; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :adaptedness; ageing; health; phenomenology; scale testing; self-care agency; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to explore the nature of elderly people's potential for selfcare from a nursing perspective. The research was performed within an empirical frame of reference as well as within a phenomenological frame at a descriptive and hermeneutical level. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Intervening with care : creating new infrastructures for learning and increasing quality of elderly care

    Författare :Esther Hauer; Kristina Westerberg; Annika Nordlund; Maria Gustavsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; learning intervention; learning climate; skills; knowledge; resource adequacy; workload; quality improvement; autonomy-support; elderly care; Sweden; Psychology; psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : Substantial changes in public elderly care in Sweden have been resulting in a standing need of updating staff competence to match the new demands and maintain quality. Since the ability to learn is of importance when confronting changing conditions, organizations in general, as well as the authorities responsible for elderly care, invest large amounts of resources in learning in the workplace. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Municipal elderly care : implications of registered nurses' work situation, education, and competence

    Författare :Karin Josefsson; Örebro universitet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; registered nurse ; nursing ; municipal elderly care ; work situation ; demand ; control ; influence ; support ; violence ; education ; competence ; competence development ; questionnaire ; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science; Vårdvetenskap; registered nurse; nursing; municipal elderly care; work situation; demand; control; influence; support; violence; education; competence; competence development; questionnaire;

    Sammanfattning : Registered nurses (RNs) are key figures in municipal elderly care. It is a challenge to create necessary conditions that enable them to provide quality nursing care. LÄS MER