Search for dissertations about: "äldre befolkning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the words äldre befolkning.

  2. 1. Active and healthy ageing in Europe : significance of social relationships

    Author : Septi Kurnia Lestari; Nawi Ng; Xavier de Luna; Malin Eriksson; Mikael Rostila; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; older population; ageing; social relationships; social support; social participation; social contact; quality of life; frailty; panel data; latent class analysis; growth model; multilevel logistic regression; pandemic; Europe; SHARE; äldre befolkning; åldrande; sociala relationer; socialt stöd; socialt deltagande; sociala kontakter; livskvalitet; åldersskörhet; paneldata; latent klassanalys; tillväxtmodell; flernivålogistisk regression; pandemi; Europa; SHARE; epidemiologi; Epidemiology; Public health; folkhälsa;

    Abstract : Background: Social relationships have important roles in achieving active and healthy ageing. Social relationships are dynamic across the life course. A myriad of contextual and individual (e.g. READ MORE

  4. 2. A Socio-Material Study of User Involvement : Interrogating the practices of technology development for older people in a digitalised world

    Author : Björn Fischer; Britt Östlund; Alexander Peine; Steve Woolgar; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; User involvement; Older People; Participation; Socio-material Conditions; Enactment; Ontology; Configuring; Ageing and Technology; Ethnography; Method and Design Practice; Användarinvolvering; Äldre Människor; Delaktighet; Sociomateriella förhållanden; Enactment; Ontologi; Konfigurering; Åldrande och Teknik; Etnografi; Metod och Designpraktik; Technology and Health; Teknik och hälsa;

    Abstract : Population ageing and increased digitalization each constitute an ongoing and profound transformation within contemporary modes of living, as growing advances in technological development mix and intermingle with the lived realities of older people as the final recipients. It is against the backdrop of this interplay that user involvement has enjoyed ever-rising advocacy to an almost normative degree. READ MORE

  5. 3. Cognitive training in young and old adults : Transfer, long-term effects, and predictors of gain

    Author : Petra Sandberg; Anna Stigsdotter Neeyl; Michael Rönnlund; Boo Johansson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognitive training; aging; old adults; executive function; life-span; individual differences; episodic memory; inhibition; shifting; updating; cognitive control; strategy training; mnemonics; predictors; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : Aging, also in the absence of pathological conditions, is associated with cognitivedecline, especially in so called fluid abilities, such as episodic memory andexecutive functions. Due to an ongoing demographic shift, a larger part of thepopulation will reach higher ages, and more people will be affected by age-relatedcognitive decline. READ MORE

  6. 4. DEAF SIGN LANGUAGE USERS - Prevalence and Aspects of Quality of Life in Old Age

    Author : Monica Werngren-Elgström; Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Rehabilitering medicinsk och social ; kinesitherapy; revalidation; epidemiologi; Physical medicine; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; Public health; Gerontologi; Activity; Deaf culture; Health; Occupational Therapy; Gerontology; ADL-dependence; rehabilitation;

    Abstract : Very little is known about the consequences of aging and the wellbeing of deaf sign language users. This thesis contributes to filling this knowledge gap. READ MORE

  7. 5. Remote Monitoring and Automatic Fall Detection for Elderly People at Home

    Author : Gregory Koshmak; Maria Linden; Blerim Emruli; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; remote monitoring; aging population; fall detection; Computer Science; datavetenskap;

    Abstract : Aging population is a one of the key problems for the vast majority of so called "more economically developed countries" (MEDC). The amount of elderly people who suffer from multiple disease and require permanent monitoring of their vital parameters has increased recently resulting in extra healthcare costs. READ MORE