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6. Old people with femoral neck fracture : delirium, malnutrition and surgical methods - an intervention program
Sammanfattning : Hip fracture is a global and a growing public health problem. More women than men sustain hip fractures, the incidence increases exponentially with age and mean age is above 80. About one third of hip-fracture patients suffer from dementia and are prone to develop acute confusional state (delirium). LÄS MER
7. När livsvärldens mönster brister : erfarenheter av att leva med demenssjukdom
Sammanfattning : This thesis is focusing on the lived experience of dementia. Both living with a partner as well as living alone. There is no unequivocal picture of how it is to live with dementia and few studies have been carried out in homes of afflicted persons. LÄS MER
8. Care of people with dementia : patients' characteristics, organisational climate and staff attitudes
Sammanfattning : Syftet med denna avhandling var att undersöka funktionsförmågor hos personer med demens vid inflyttning till gruppboende under olika tidsperioder, hur personer med demens tillbringar sin tid i olika vårdformer samt strukturen i vårdares attityder till personer med demens. Data baseras på: 1) retrospektiva data av funktionell förmåga bland personer med demens vid inflyttning till gruppboende; 2) icke-deltagande observationer av patienters aktiviteter (2024 observationer) på en psykogeriatrisk avdelning; 3) icke-deltagande observationer av patienters aktiviteter i gruppboende skattade som ett ”kreativt organisationsklimat” (3061 observationer) och i gruppboende skattade som ett ”mindre kreativt organisationsklimat” (3399 observationer); 4) semantisk differentialteknik för att identifiera strukturen i vårdares attityder till personer med demens (1237 skattningar). LÄS MER
9. Delirium in older people after cardiac surgery : risk factors, dementia, patients’ experiences and assessments
Sammanfattning : Background:Delirium is common in older people undergoing cardiac surgery. Delirium is an acute or subacute neuro-psychiatric syndrome, characterized by a change in cognition, disturbances in consciousness; it fluctuates, develops over a short period of time and always has an underlying cause. LÄS MER
10. Depression in older people with and without dementia : non-pharmacological interventions and associations between psychotropic drugs and mortality
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to investigate associations between psychotropic drug use and death, associations between functional capacity, dependency in ADL and depression, and to evaluate a non-pharmacological intervention to reduce depressive symptoms, among older people with and without dementia.There is limited knowledge about the risk of death associated with psychotropic drug use among those aged ≥85 years, those with dementia, or those living in residential care facilities; groups that have a higher intake of psychotropic drugs and who are also more prone to adverse drug reactions. LÄS MER
