Sökning: "cognitively intact patients"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden cognitively intact patients.

  1. 1. Upholding Older Adults' Innate and Inherent Dignity within a Caring Context

    Författare :Ingrid Randers; Anne-Cathrine Mattiasson; Mona Kihlgren; Sophiahemmet Högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Autonomy; Integrity; Dignity; Geriatric health care; Cognitively intact patients; Teaching ethics; An activating instructional approach; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Autonomy; integrity; dignity; geriatric health care; cognitively intact patients; teaching ethics; an activating instructional approach;

    Sammanfattning : In the ethical ideals of autonomy and integrity reducing the level of abstraction is necessary in order to more easily be able to follow them in every day care practices. This is especially true concerning the effort of upholding older adult patients dignity. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Music and other strategies in the care of agitated individuals with dementia. A nursing perspective

    Författare :Hans Ragneskog; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agitation; care; dementia; elderly; integration; nursing; music; restlessness; video recording;

    Sammanfattning : Agitation is an overarching term commonly used to describe the behaviour of elderly restless patients with dementia. The concept includes behaviour such as tension, aggression, aimless wandering, pacing, cursing, screaming, and fighting. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Uncemented femoral stems : studies on periprosthetic bone remodelling and prevention of bone loss in total hip arthroplasty

    Författare :Olof Sköldenberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Introduction: Tapered uncemented femoral stems are popular implants in total hip arthroplasty (THA). They are easy to use and excellent long-term results have been reported for patients with primary osteoarthritis of the hip (OA). LÄS MER

  5. 4. The postsynaptic protein neurogranin: a new item in the Alzheimer’s disease biomarker toolbox

    Författare :Hlin Kvartsberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; CSF; brain tissue; Alzheimer s disease; biomarker; neurogranin;

    Sammanfattning : Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia affecting more than 50 million people worldwide today and is characterised by progressive cognitive decline. One of the earliest events in AD, which is also closely related to neuronal loss and the degree of dementia, is synaptic degeneration. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Objective and subjective masticatory function in older individuals

    Författare :Per Elgestad Stjernfeldt; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Introduction: Oral health in the older population has improved, both in Sweden and in a global perspective. Oral health that has been associated to other, more general health perspectives such as nutrition and cognition, but also presents new challenges for the dental community. LÄS MER