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  1. 1. Informal caregiving at old age. Content, coping, difficulties and satisfaction

    Författare :Anna Kristensson Ekwall; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Gerontology; Gerontologi; satisfaction; coping; gender; loneliness; Elderly; informal caregivers;

    Sammanfattning : Older people take a great share of caregiving responsibility already and thus understanding of their strain, coping and satis-faction is required. The aim was to investigate dimensions of caregiving activities among elderly (75+) caregivers and to study the dimensions in relation to health-related quality of life (Paper I). LÄS MER

  3. 2. Acute confusion in orthopaedic care. With the emphasis on the patients' view and the episode of confusion

    Författare :Edith M Andersson; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; traumatology; Kirurgi; ortopedi; traumatologi; Gerontology; Gerontologi; orthopaedics; Surgery; Elderly; Encounter; Nurse-patient relations; Memory; Verbal behaviour; Behaviour; Hip fracture; Incidence; Risk factors; Confusion; Nursing care; Delirium;

    Sammanfattning : The aims of this thesis were to investigate factors of significance for the development of acute confusional state (ACS), the confusional episodes, the lived experiences of having been confused in elderly patients admitted for emergency or elective surgery in orthopaedic care. A further aim was to investigate the nurses’ view of the ACS and the encounter with patients who developed ACS. LÄS MER

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Everyday living with persistent pain in old age. Pain and its alleviation as perceived by functionally dependent older persons and by staff

    Författare :Kerstin Blomqvist; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Medicin människa och djur ; content analysis.; typology; staff attitude; cognitive impairment; pain relief; pain assessment; pain; Elderly; nursing care;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores everyday living with persistent pain from the perspectives of functionally dependent older persons in pain and of staff. A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was chosen. Data were collected using interviews and tools for assessing pain. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Features of Swedish municipal elderly and psychiatric group dwelling care after the 1990s healt care reformations

    Författare :Lisbeth Porskrog Kristiansen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Care providers; care reform; dementia care; municipality; nursing; psychiatry;

    Sammanfattning : The over all aim of this thesis, consisting of six studies, was to explore features of the Swedish municipal elderly and psychiatric group dwelling care after the 1990s health care reformation era. Focus is primarily on the municipal psychiatry. The mixed design, used here, employs both quantitative and qualitative methods. LÄS MER