Search for dissertations about: "Elizabeth Hanson"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Elizabeth Hanson.

  2. 1. Information and Communication Technology : mediated support for working carers of older people

    Author : Stefan Andersson; Elizabeth Hanson; Lennart Magnusson; Erlingsson Christen; Sävenstedt Stefan; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Working carers; family carer support; information- and communication technology; Vårdvetenskap; Caring Science;

    Abstract : Despite a growing awareness of the importance of support for carers who combine paid work with care of an older relative, so called ‘working carers’, there remains a lack of empirical knowledge about more innovative ways to support this largest group of carers of older people. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are becoming more readily available. READ MORE

  4. 2. Doing informal care : Identity, couplehood, social health and information and communication technologies in older people’s everyday lives

    Author : Frida Andréasson; Elizabeth Hanson; Tina Mattsson; Lennart Magnusson; Anna Strömberg; Anna Dunér; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Informal care; carers; older people; carer identity; ill bodies; social health; couplehood; Information and Communication Technology ICT ; ethnography; co-design; Health and Caring Sciences; Hälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis has been a) to analyse how informal care influences the identity of carers and care recipients, their sense of couplehood and social health, and b) to explore the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the context of informal care and the everyday lives of older people. Study I focused on how older carers conceptualised their identity as carers on a Swedish online social forum, using a netnographic methodology. READ MORE

  5. 3. Involving informal carers in health and social care research

    Author : Camilla Malm; Elizabeth Hanson; Lennart Magnusson; Stefan Andersson; Håkan Jönson; ingrid Hellström; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; carer involvement; health and social care research; heterogeneity; identity; participatory research; patient and public involvement; Health and Caring Sciences; Hälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of informal carer involvement in health and social care research, from the perspective of informal carers themselves as well as from a researcher perspective.The thesis is comprised of three qualitative studies and one quantitative study. READ MORE

  6. 4. Unpacking the Welfare Technology Solution Discourse : An analysis of society’s perceptions of formal and informal care of older people

    Author : Maria Nilsson; Elizabeth Hanson; Lennart Magnusson; Stefan Andersson; Teppo Kröger; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Welfare technology; discourse; older people; informal carers; informal care; elder care; policy analysis; local health and social care policy of older people; Nordic welfare state model; healthy ageing; Välfärdsteknik; diskurs; äldre; anhöriga; anhörigomsorg; närstående; policy-analys; äldreomsorg; lokal policy; pensionärsorganisationerna; välfärdsstaten; hälsosamt åldrande; Health and Caring Sciences; Hälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis is to examine how the welfare technology solution discourse can provide insights into society’s views of formal and informal care for older people.  The thesis employs a qualitative inductive design based on social constructionism and discourse analysis. READ MORE

  7. 5. Combining informal care with paid work : An exploration of working carers’ situation with regards to their health status, gendered patterns of care, support and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Author : Joana Vicente; Elizabeth Hanson; Henk Nies; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; working carers; informal care; family care; support; employment; gender; health; COVID-19 pandemic; yrkesverksamma anhöriga; informell vård; anhörigomsorg; stöd; anställning; kön; hälsa; COVID-19 pandemi; Health and Caring Sciences; Hälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : Working carers (WKCs) combine paid work with informal care. Little is known about this important group of carers, which is expected to increase in number due topopulation ageing and economic trends. READ MORE