Sökning: "geriatric population"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 53 avhandlingar innehållade orden geriatric population.

1. 1. Falls in older people in geriatric care settings : predisposing and precipitating factors

   Författare :Kristina Kallin; Leif Svanström; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :accidental falls; risk factors; older people; residential facilities; geriatric care; cognition; drug therapy; wounds and injuries; geriatric psychiatry; meteorological factors; geriatrik; Geriatrics;

   Sammanfattning : Falls and their consequences are a major health problem in the older population, increasing their immobility, morbidity and mortality. This thesis focuses on older people living in geriatric care settings, frail older people who are most prone to suffer falls. LÄS MER

3. 2. Injuries are not accidents! : an emergency-department population-based epidemiological study of injuries with special reference to trauma recidivism hip fractures and geriatric falls

   Författare :Fredrik Röding; Ulrica Bergström; Marie Lindkvist; Jack Lysholm; Per Morberg; Olle Svensson; Sari Ponzer; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; injury; population; fractures; contusions; sprains; fall injuries; Orthopaedics; ortopedi;

   Sammanfattning : Injury is a major public health problem. In rich countries fall injures now kill more people than all other injury mechanisms together, because of global ageing and large-scale sustainable injury prevention programs for all other injury mechanisms but falls. LÄS MER

4. 3. Health, physical ability, falls and morale in very old people: the Umeå 85+ Study

   Författare :Petra von Heideken Wågert; Yngve Gustafson; Lillemor Lundin-Olsson; Birgitta Lindmark; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aged; 80 and over; accidental falls; epidemiological studies; geriatric assessment; health status; morale; physical ability; population characteristics; reference values; Physiotherapy; Sjukgymnastik fysioterapi;

   Sammanfattning : The very old, aged 80 years and over, is the fastest growing age group today, and the demands for healthcare and services will be even higher in the future. It is, therefore, of great importance to advance our knowledge about this group. LÄS MER

5. 4. Nutritional status in a functional perspective : A study in a cohort of older people in home health care

   Författare :Stina Engelheart; Robert Jan Brummer; Heléne Bertéus Forslund; Olle Ljungqvist; Albert Westergren; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nutritional status; nutrition; home health care; older people; geriatric; meal pattern; dehydration; appetite;

   Sammanfattning : High age is a risk factor for most acute and chronic diseases, injuries and function disabilities, and hence, an important risk factor for nutritional problems. A great deal of elderly health care in Sweden are performed in the patient’s home environment and home health care has been transformed to more advanced medical care the last decades. LÄS MER

7. 5. Health in later life: A nursing perspective

   Författare :Ariel Almevall; Karin Zingmark; Päivi Juuso; Catharina Melander; Annica Kihlgren; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aging Population; Home Care Services; Self-Rated Health; Geriatric Nursing; Nurse-Patient Relationship; Health; Nursing; Omvårdnad;

   Sammanfattning : The ongoing demographic shift towards an older population calls for a corresponding shift to a proactive approach, aiming for health and well-being in old age. This dissertation addresses the need for increased knowledge about health in the context of aging at home. LÄS MER