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  1. 21. Pharmacovigilance in municipal elderly care : From a nursing perspective

    Författare :Rose-Marie Johansson-Pajala; Lene Martin; Kerstin Jorsäter Blomgren; Johan Fastbom; Pernilla Hillerås; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; competence; computerized decision support systems; content analysis; drug monitoring; inter-professional collaboration; nurse; older person; patient; pharmacovigilance; pharmacovigilant activities; phenomenography; Care Sciences; vårdvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Medication management constitutes a large part of registered nurses' (RNs) daily work in municipal elderly care. They are responsible for monitoring multimorbid older persons with extensive treatments, and they often work alone, without daily access to physicians. RNs’ drug monitoring is, in this thesis, based on the concept of pharmacovigilance. LÄS MER

  2. 22. Våra äldre : Om konstruktioner av äldre i offentligheten

    Författare :Magnus Nilsson; Eva Reimers; Håkan Jönson; Svein Olav Daatland; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Age; older people; pensioner; ageism; ethnicity; social gerontology; discourse; life course; official government reports; SOU; newspapers; party politics; pensioner’s parties; public sphere; Ålder; äldre; pensionär; etnicitet; ålderism; socialgerontologi; diskurs; livslopp; statens offentliga utredningar; SOU; dagstidningar; partipolitik; pensionärsparti; offentlighet; Older people and ageing; Äldre och åldrande;

    Sammanfattning : Detta är en studie av hur ’äldre’ som språklig och social kategori samt åldrande som process konstrueras i tre sammanlänkade offentligheter. Avhandlingens övergripande syfte är att studera och kritiskt granska olika sätt varpå ’äldre’ som kategori förstås och representeras i relation till pågående omförhandlingar av innebörden i den senare delen av livet som livsfas. LÄS MER

  3. 23. Traumatic brain injury in elderly patients

    Författare :Samuel Lenell; Per Enblad; Anders Lewén; Alfonso Lagares; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Traumatic brain injury; Elderly; Outcome; Standardized neurosurgical intensive care; Quality register; Prognostic factors; Secondary insults; Neurointensive care monitoring; Pressure reactivity index; Optimal cerebral perfusion pressure; Cerebral autoregulation; Neurokirurgi; Neurosurgery;

    Sammanfattning : The increase of elderly traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients constitutes a considerable challenge. The aim was therefore to specifically study elderly TBI patients with respect to patient characteristics, neurointensive care (NIC) and outcome, and to identify age specific features, which may be important for selection of patients and optimization of NIC in the elderly. LÄS MER

  4. 24. Telecare of frail elderly : reflections and experiences among health personnel and family members

    Författare :Stefan Sävenstedt; Margareta Ehnfors; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nursing; Telecare; Frail elderly; Nurse-patient interaction; Quality of care; Professional roles; Videoconferensing; Ethical reasoning; Perception of care; Omvårdnad; Nursing; Omvårdnad;

    Sammanfattning : Telecare has been an approach to care that, internationally, has experienced a generally rapid development during the last ten years. There are many examples of successful pilot projects where ICT applications have been used in the care of elderly: for improved remote consultation with health professionals, to improve the communication and support of the elderly person’s social network, and as intelligent sensors intended to improve the safety of the elderly person. LÄS MER

  5. 25. Using Technologies with Care : Notes on Technology Assimilation Processes in Home Care

    Författare :Carl Johan Orre; Mikael Wiberg; Andrew Monk; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Home care; Mobile ICT; Assimilation processes; Cooperative work; Work ecologies; Orchestration; Workplace studies; CSCW; Informatics and systems science; Informatik och systemvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Elderly care is currently undergoing a phase of development in which new technologies are anticipated to increase efficiency, secure quality of services and give care assistants more time with the elderly people. This thesis reports on a study of how people involve technologies in everyday home care work. LÄS MER