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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade orden geriatric team.
6. Redesigning an emergency department for interprofessional teamwork : a longitudinal evaluation of the impact on patient flow and team behaviour
Sammanfattning : Objective: Crowding in emergency departments (EDs) has negative effects on patients and staff, whereas effective teamwork in healthcare has positive effects. Triage interventions and streaming of specific patient categories are common strategies used by EDs to reduce the negative effects of crowding, but few studies have evaluated interprofessional teamwork as a strategy to reduce ED crowding. LÄS MER
7. Proactive Primary Care for Older Adults at High Risk of Hospital Admission
Sammanfattning : Demographic change is leading to a higher proportion of older adults in most parts of the world. A minority of older adults have poor health, but this group has high care needs due to frailty and/or multimorbidity. LÄS MER
8. Elderly patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery : can care be further improved?
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignancies affecting approximately 6 400 new patients/year in Sweden of which 44% are 75 years and older at diagnosis. In order to identify potential predictors for surgical outcome and areas of improvement, this thesis aims to illuminate different aspects in the care of patients aged 75 years and older, undergoing CRC surgery. LÄS MER
9. Assessment of frailty in old people with multimorbidity
Sammanfattning : Background: As the population grows older, understanding and management of multimorbidity and frailty will become increasingly important. There is no consensus on how to define or measure frailty and awareness of frailty is limited in many healthcare settings. This impedes implementation of frailty assessment and management in routine care. LÄS MER
10. Frail elders´experiences of health A combination of qualitative and quantitative studies with a salutogenic perspective
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the thesis was to explore experiences of health and its´ influencing factors among frail elders and to evaluate the effect of the intervention Continuum of care for frail elderly people, from the emergency ward to living at home. Studies I and II had a qualitative approach, and aimed to explore frail elders’ experiences with and perceptions on the phenomenon of experiences of health (study I), and to explore and identify influences on frail older adults’ experience of health (study II). LÄS MER
