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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 497 avhandlingar innehållade orden care of the elderly.

1. 21. Effects of Clinical Pharmacists' Interventions : on Drug-Related Hospitalisation and Appropriateness of Prescribing in Elderly Patients

   Författare :Ulrika Gillespie; Margareta Hammarlund-Udenaes; Claes Mörlin; Håkan Melhus; Steven Kayser; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Drug-related problems; medication review; appropriateness of prescribing; quality of prescribing; hospitalisation; pharmacist; clinical pharmacy; inter-professional relationships; collaboration; medication error; medication reconciliation; multidose-dispensed medications; prescription errors; transition of care; Pharmaceutical Science; Farmaceutisk vetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate clinical pharmacist interventions with the focus on methods aiming to improve the quality of drug therapy and increase patient safety. Adverse drug events caused by medication errors, suboptimal dosages and inappropriate prescribing are common causes of drug-related morbidity and mortality. LÄS MER

3. 22. Så görs etnicitet : äldreomsorgspersonal resonerar om etniska relationer

   Författare :Linda Lill; Malmö högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; elderly care; doing ethnicity; care; representations; identity; ethnic relations; race theory; ethnicity; gender theory; subject positions;

   Sammanfattning : This text deals with the concept of ethnic relations in elderly care and the created meanings of ethnicity. A study is carried out through group discussions for elderly care staff and constitutes the empirical material. LÄS MER

4. 23. Ålderdom, omsorg och makt. : Gamlas situation och omsorgsrelationer i nyliberala tider

   Författare :Lina Palmqvist; University of Gothenburg Faculty of Arts Department of Cultural Sciences; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; old age; disability; elderly care; gender; inequality; intersectionality; neoliberalism; ålderdom; levd erfarenhet; nyliberalism; äldreomsorg; rasifiering; klass; kön; kvinnor; omsorgsarbete; informell omsorg; erkännande; omfördelning; funktionshinder; funktionsnedsättning; feministisk omsorgsetik; rättvisa; jämlikhet; intersektionalitet; fenomenologi; etnografi;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the status of old age and the nature of elderly care in Sweden, where the welfare state is being transformed through neoliberalism. The overall aim is to study old age as identity and lived experience, and how caring relationships condition the lives of the elderly. LÄS MER

5. 24. Swallowing dysfunction among older people in short-term care : prevalence, effect of intervention, and risk of mortality

   Författare :Patricia Hägglund; Eva Levring Jäghagen; Per Wester; Mary Hägg; Karin Brunnegård; Per Östberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :swallowing disorder; dysphagia; elderly care; intermediate care; undernutrition; oral health; treatment; rehabilitation; quality of life; mortality risk; survival;

   Sammanfattning : Objectives: Swallowing dysfunction (dysphagia) is a common, but often neglected condition among geriatric patients that can cause severe complications such as malnutrition, aspiration pneumonia and death. The aims of this thesis were to (i) describe the study design and method of the multidisciplinary and multicenter project SOFIA (Swallowing function, Oral health, and Food Intake in old Age), (ii) study the prevalence of and the relationship between swallowing dysfunction and risk of undernutrition among older individuals in short-term care, (iii) study the effect of oral neuromuscular training on swallowing dysfunction among older individuals, and (iv) to investigate the association between poor oral health, swallowing dysfunction and mortality. LÄS MER

7. 25. Care Trajectories in the Oldest Old

   Författare :Marie Ernsth Bravell; Bo Malmberg; Kirsten Avlund; Jönköping University; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Oldest-old; Health; Social network; ADL; Care; Institutionalization; End-of-life;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis demonstrates relations among health, social network, ADL and patterns of care in the oldest old guided by a resource theoretical model. The analyzed data are based on two studies: the Nona study, a longitudinal study of 157 individuals aged 86 to 94 years, and the H70 study, a longitudinal study of 964 individuals aged 70 at baseline. LÄS MER