Search for dissertations about: "Palliative care at home"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words Palliative care at home.

  2. 16. Loneliness and Dying as Issues of Public Concern in Sweden

    Author : Axel Ågren; Barbro Krevers; Ann-Charlotte Nedlund; Elisabet Cedersund; Cecilia Larsdotter; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Loneliness; older people; news press; palliative care; policies; cultural scripts; social constructionism;

    Abstract : Loneliness among older people and how the dying should be cared for are issues that evoke public debate. These issues are often described as universal and existential aspects of the human experience. Societal understandings of loneliness and dying have, however, changed dramatically over the past decades. READ MORE

  4. 17. 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. 18. Teaching for learning and learning for teaching in care of elderly with dementia at Silviahemmet

    Author : Margareta Skog; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : dementia; palliative care; ethnography; didactic; education; teaching; learning; problem-based learning; participatory learning; practical training; supervision; licensed practical nurse; Silvia nurses; Silviahemmet;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe a specific non-governmental programme for training licensed practical nurses as caregivers and mentors in the care of elderly with dementia. The setting for the work was Silviahemmet in Stockholm, Sweden, and the approach was inspired by ethnography. READ MORE

  6. 19. Mind the gap : organizational factors related to transfers of older people between nursing homes and hospital care

    Author : Marie Kirsebom; Barbro Wadensten; Mariann Hedström; Ulrika Pöder; Annica Kihlgren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Hospitalizations; Advance care planning; Emergency service; Patient admission; Nursing homes; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the present thesis was to study factors related to transfers of older people between nursing homes, emergency department and hospital care.The thesis was based on four studies and used three methods: focus group discussions, structured review of electronic healthcare records, semi-structured interviews with registered nurses and general practitioners. READ MORE

  7. 20. The use of information technology in home healthcare : requirements and application development

    Author : Leili Lind; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    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