Search for dissertations about: "home assessments"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 78 swedish dissertations containing the words home assessments.
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11. The use of information technology in home healthcare : requirements and application development
Abstract : The population's wish to receive care in the own home instead of at a hospital fits well with the Health Services' development in the direction of increasing home healthcare even when severe illness is involved. However, when care is moved from the hospital to the home the demands for high quality care still remain. READ MORE
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12. Nutritional support among cancer patients enrolled in palliative home care services
Abstract : Nutritional problems are common in palliative cancer care. Little is known about nutritional problems and nutritional support in home care. READ MORE
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13. Long Term Outcome and Prediction Models of Cognition, Activities of Daily Living and Nursing Home Placement in Alzheimer’s Disease with Cholinesterase Inhibitor Treatment
Abstract : Background Prospective longitudinal studies in Alzheimer's disease (AD) that include cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) treatment in routine clinical settings are scarce. The patients vary in severity of the disease, clinical course, rate of progression and response to treatment. READ MORE
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14. Work in eldercare - staying or leaving : Caregivers' experiences of work and support during organizational changes
Abstract : The overall aim of the present thesis was to reveal nursing home (NH) caregivers’ work ex-periences when receiving support through education and clinical supervision over a two-year period, while the workplace was undergoing organizational changes. The studies (I-IV) com-bine qualitative and quantitative methods in a longitudinal two-year follow-up project in three Swedish NHs (NH I - III), in which support was given to the staff at NH I-II. READ MORE
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15. Decision Support for Treatment of Patients with Advanced Parkinson’s Disease
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to develop, deploy and evaluate new IT-based methods for supporting treatment and assessment of treatment of advanced Parkinson’s disease. In this condition a number of different motor and non-motor symptoms occur in episodes of varying frequency, duration and severity. READ MORE