Sökning: "elderly sociology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 54 avhandlingar innehållade orden elderly sociology.
1. Äldrefattigdom : Ekonomisk utsatthet i yngre ålderspensionärers vardag
Sammanfattning : I Sverige omfattas äldre personer av ett historiskt och internationellt sett generöst offentligt ekonomiskt grundtrygghetssystem. Trots det ökade risken för relativ fattigdom bland unga ålderspensionärer (65 till 74 år) under 2000-talets första decennium. LÄS MER
2. Vad kan medborgarna göra? : Fyra fallstudier av samarbetsformer för frivilliga insatser i äldreomsorg och väghållning
Sammanfattning : The aim of the study is twofold. First, to provide a picture of what happens when groups of citizens cooperate with municipalities and administrations to produce services essential to the community, i.e., elderly care or road maintenance. LÄS MER
3. I omsorgens namn : Tre diskurser om äldreomsorg
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to describe and analyse three different discourses on elderly care, as they emerge in statements from care staff and research. Each discourse centres on a sign, or pair of signs: care, education/professional competence, and the elderly/ageing. LÄS MER
4. Paradoxernas marknad : En studie om företagande i hemtjänsten
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to understand how individuals who run a private business in the publicly financed elderly care sector experience their conditions and opportunities as owners and managers of a business in a quasi-market. The focus is on what happens when the home care service actor’s intentions and conceptions about how home care should be provided encounter the public realm of financing and regulation. LÄS MER
5. Still in touch : family contact, activities and health among the elderly in Sweden
Sammanfattning : Study I. Child-Parent Contacts. A study of family contacts between adult children and parents in Sweden The aim of this study is to examine how often adult children and parents are in contact. In focus is the relative impact of individual, family, and social-structural characteristics, and geographical distance on intergenerational contacts. LÄS MER