Search for dissertations about: "Nursing homes"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 121 swedish dissertations containing the words Nursing homes.

  2. 11. Implementation of knowledge-based palliative care at nursing homes: The professionals' perspective

    Author : Helene Åvik Persson; Hälsofrämjande komplexa interventioner; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dying; Educational intervention; Knowledge-based care; Implementation; Nursing home; Older persons; Organizational readiness for change; Palliative care; Professionals perspective;

    Abstract : Dying in older persons precedes often by a prolonged period of frailty and multimorbidity. The global increase in the aged population means more death at an older age and highlights the need to integrate palliative care in elderly care. READ MORE

  4. 12. Dignity in the end of life care : what does it mean to older people and staff in nursing homes?

    Author : Lise-Lotte Dwyer; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Lennart Nordenfelt; Ingegerd Fagerberg; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

    Abstract : The discussion of a palliative care and a dignified death has almost exclusively been applied to people dying of cancer. As people are getting older and are living longer, nursing homes have become an important place for end-of-life care and death. Dignity is a concept often used in health care documents but their meaning is rarely clarified. READ MORE

  5. 13. The Garden/Patio in Residential Care Facilities for Older People : Characteristics and the Users Perspectives

    Author : Eva Dahlkvist; Kirsti Skovdahl; Annika Nilsson; Maria Engström; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; design elements; garden patio; green outdoor environment; health; nursing; residential living homes for older people; serial mediation;

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  6. 14. Home care of persons with long-term mental illness : nurses and mental health care workers' experiences of how changes in the organisation of psychiatric services have changed their work

    Author : Annabella Magnusson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska institutet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Assessment; autonomy; control; decision-making; ethical problems; home care; mental health nursing; privacy; professional role; psychiatric nurses; supervision; Nursing;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis, consisting of five studies, was to explore nurses and mental health care workers experiences of how changes in the organisation of psychiatric care influence their daily work and how these changes may have contributed to ethical problems. The specific context in focus was the homes of mentally ill persons. READ MORE

  7. 15. Nutritional Intervention in Elderly People Admitted to Resident Homes

    Author : Kerstin Wikby; Anna-Christina Ek; Lennart Christensson; Per-Olof Sandman; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Elderly people; resident homes; comparison; nutritional intervention; education; individualised care; inter-rater reliability; appetite; qualitative method; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim was to investigate the effects of an intervention, based on education given to staff and implementation of an individualized nutritional programme given to the residents, to compare assessments on admission with a previous study, and to perform diagnostic test and inter-rater reliability of the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). A further aim was to identify and describe factors with regard to appetite among the residents. READ MORE