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2. 1. Dementia and learning : The use of tablet computers in joint activities

   Author : Elias Ingebrand; Lars-Christer Hydén; Christina Samuelsson; Ray Wilkinson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dementia; Situated learning; Conversation analysis; Collaboration; Scaffolding; Demens; Situerat lärande; Samtalsanalys; Samarbete; Stöttande;

   Abstract : Living with dementia is generally associated with terms such as loss, confusion, and dependency; not development, agency and collaboration. Contributing to a growing body of research that acknowledges the remaining abilities of people living with dementia, and how they cope with challenges in their everyday lives, this thesis concerns a topic habitually framed by negative presumptions, namely learning. READ MORE

4. 2. Towards feminist health empowerment for self-testing apps : testing for dementia

   Author : Alexandra Kapeller; Jelmer Brüggemann; Lisa Guntram; Kristin Zeiler; Federica Lucivero; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Self-testing apps; MHealth; Empowerment; Phenomenology; Dementia; Självtest-appar; Mobilhälsa; Empowerment; Fenomenologi; Demens;

   Abstract : Health empowerment, the idea to enable people to assume more control over their health decisions, has been a buzzword in health care organisation and has recently received even more attention through the popularisation of mobile health (mHealth) apps. One form of mHealth are self-testing apps, which offer users to test themselves for medical conditions as severe as dementia and Parkinson’s disease. READ MORE

5. 3. Facing dementia as a we : Investigating couples’ challenges and communicative strategies for managing dementia

   Author : Elin Nilsson; Lars-Christer Hydén; Anna Olaison; Jaqueline Kindell; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conversation analysis; couplehood; dementia; epistemics; multimodal interaction; pronouns; relationships; video-recorded interviews; we-ness; “couplehood”; demens; kunskapshantering; multimodal interaktion; pronomen; relationer; samtalsanalys; videoinspelade intervjuer; vi-skap; Socialt arbete;

   Abstract : We live longer than ever before, which means that we also live longer with disorders such as those connected with dementia. Most people diagnosed with dementia live in ordinary housing for a long time, relying on their social network for support, mainly involving spouses or adult children. READ MORE

6. 4. People living with dementia using eldercare in Sweden

   Author : S M Atiqur Rahman; Lars-Christer Hydén; Susanne Kelfve; Pär Schön; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Eldercare; Long-term care; Dementia; Social care policy; People living with dementia; Older adults; Äldreomsorg; Långtidsvård; Demens; Socialvårdspolitik; Personer som lever med demens; Äldre;

   Abstract : Dementia is a major public health concern. Due to the progressive nature of the disease, people living with dementia (PlwD) may experience challenges at different stages of dementia deriving from functional, cognitive, and communicative disabilities and as a consequence experience restriction in performing everyday tasks. READ MORE

7. 5. “Doing things together” : Towards a health promoting approach to couples’ relationships and everyday life in dementia

   Author : Therése Bielsten; Ingrid Hellström; Agneta Kullberg; John Keady; Anna-Karin Edberg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Couplehood; Dementia; Everyday life; Intervention; Salutogenesis; Demens; Det vardagliga livet; Intervention; Parskap; Salutogenesis;

   Abstract : Background: Most people with dementia live in their own homes, often together with their partners, who become informal caregivers. Relationship quality and sense of couplehood can be threatened as a result of the transition from a mutually interdependent relationship to a caregiver-care-receiver relationship. READ MORE