Sökning: "culturally appropriate elderly care"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden culturally appropriate elderly care.

1. 1. The role of ethnic identity in care of elderly Finnish immigrants

   Författare :Kristiina Heikkilä; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Older people; immigrants; Finns; health care; elderly care; culturally congruent care; wishes and expectations; experiences; perceptions; ethnicity; mother language; environment; at-homeness;

   Sammanfattning : The role of ethnicity in care of elderly Finnish immigrants Most Western countries are becoming increasingly multicultural because of immigration. Many of these immigrants grow old in a second homeland and will need health and elderly care in the future. In Sweden, the largest immigrant group comes from its neighbouring country, Finland. LÄS MER

3. 2. 'We are deaf, though we hear; we are dumb, though we talk; we are blind, though we see' : understanding Iranian late-in-life immigrants' perceptions and experiences of health, illness and culturally appropriate care

   Författare :Azita Emami; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :elderly immigrants; ethnogerontology; cross-cultural elderly care; health perception; illness perception; culturally appropriate elderly care;

   Sammanfattning : Despite the fact that elderly immigrants constitute nearly nine percent of the total population over 65-years of age, they have remained conspicuous by their absence in reports that underlie national welfare- and health care decision making in Sweden. The aim of this thesis was to deepen the understanding of Iranian late-in-life immigrants' experiences and perceptions of health, illness and culturally appropriate care. LÄS MER