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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 58 avhandlingar innehållade orden personal assistance.
21. Hjälp för att bevara eller förändra? : Åldersrelaterade diskurser om omsorg, stöd och service
Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the categorisation of adult persons who need help to cope in everyday life as either older persons or persons with a disability. Despite the development of social services in the Scandinavian countries being guided by the principles of universalism and equality, adults in need of care have different rights to support depending on their current age and at which age disability occurs. LÄS MER
22. Living with recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy : affected young adults’ and parents’ perspectives, studied througha salutogenic framework
Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis, using a salutogenic framework, was to develop knowledge about experiences and perceptions of living with recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and its influences on health, from the affected young adults’ and their parents’ perspectives.Methods: A qualitative explorative and descriptive study design was used. LÄS MER
23. Organiserande av stöd och service till barn med funktionshinder : Om projektnät, språkliga förpackningar och institutionella paradoxer
Sammanfattning : This study explores the organising of services for disabled children and their families in Sweden. It is based on 83 interviews with parents and involved staff surrounding four disabled children, with both physical and intellectual disabilities, and between two and nine years old. LÄS MER
24. Women with traumatic spinal cord injury : sexuality, pregnancy, motherhood, quality of life
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to focus on females with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) regarding sexuality, pregnancy, motherhood and quality of life (QL) by assessing: I. Pregnancy and delivery. II. Parental ability and quality of family life. LÄS MER
25. Phantom of the Neighbourhood : Longitudinal Studies on Area-based Conditions and Individual Outcomes
Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of three self-contained but interrelated empirical studies focusing on theoretical, empirical and political questions in the multidisciplinary field of neighbourhood effect research. Along with a comprehensive introductory essay, each study addresses questions concerning the potential influence of neighbourhood characteristics on individual social and economic outcomes at different life stages. LÄS MER