Search for dissertations about: "Palliative Care"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 95 swedish dissertations containing the words Palliative Care.

2. 16. 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. 17. A person-centred approach to support family caregivers in specialised home care : The Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention

   Author : Maria Norinder; Anette Alvariza; Kristofer Årestedt; Lena Axelsson; Jonas Sandberg; Marie Cederschiöld högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Family caregivers; Home care; Intervention; Nursing; Palliative care; Preparedness; Quality of life; Support; Människan i välfärdssamhället; Palliativ vård; The Individual in the Welfare Society; Palliative Care;

   Abstract : Family caregivers are crucial providers of support and care for patients with lifethreatening illness and many report unmet support needs. With the use of quantitative and qualitative methods this thesis aimed to evaluate the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT) and explore experiences and potential effects of utilising the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention (CSNAT-I) among family caregivers and registered nurses in the context of specialised home care. READ MORE

5. 18. Care Trajectories in the Oldest Old

   Author : Marie Ernsth Bravell; Bo Malmberg; Kirsten Avlund; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Oldest-old; Health; Social network; ADL; Care; Institutionalization; End-of-life;

   Abstract : This thesis demonstrates relations among health, social network, ADL and patterns of care in the oldest old guided by a resource theoretical model. The analyzed data are based on two studies: the Nona study, a longitudinal study of 157 individuals aged 86 to 94 years, and the H70 study, a longitudinal study of 964 individuals aged 70 at baseline. READ MORE

6. 19. Family members' experience of palliative home care

   Author : Anna Milberg; Christina Bolund; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : family member; palliative home care; Sense of coherence; salutogenesis; comprehensibility; manageability; meaningfulness; powerlessness; helplessness; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The presence of a family member is often a prerequisite for successful palliative home care. The overall aim of this thesis was to contribute to a deeper understanding of family members' experiences of having a dying relative or friend cared for by advanced palliative home care. Two methodological approaches were used. READ MORE

7. 20. Patients' quality of life - Living with incurable cancer in palliative homecare

   Author : Christina Melin-Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Advanced cancer; Assessment of quality of life a the end of life; AQEL; existential; hospital based palliative care; mixed methods; neoplasm; nursing; palliative care; quality of life; social life; support.; Advanced cancer;

   Abstract : My clinical experience is that living in incurable cancer at the end of life is complex to patients and their families. Patients seem to have a rather good quality of life (QoL) but problems related to the progression of the illness constantly challenges and changes QoL. READ MORE