Search for dissertations about: "elder care staff"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words elder care staff.

  2. 1. Everyday Knowledge in Elder Care : An Ethnographic Study of Care Work

    Author : Ulrika Börjesson; Elisabet Cedersund; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ethnography; knowledge; care work; elder care;

    Abstract : This dissertation is about how knowledge is constructed in interactions and what knowledge entails in practical social work. It is about how a collective can provide a foundation for the construction and development of knowledge through the interactions contextualized in this study on Swedish elder care, organized by the municipality. READ MORE

  4. 2. Meeting ethical and nutritional challenges in elder care : the life world and system world of staff and high level decision-makers

    Author : Anna-Greta Mamhidir; Högskolan i Gävle; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Ethical challenges; malnutrition; older adults; elder care staff; integrity promoting care; high level decision-makers; life world; system world.; Ethical challenges; malnutrition; older adults; elder care staff; integrity promoting care; high level decision-makers; life world; system world.;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to describe the issue of malnutrition and use it as a focal point of interest in elder care. A further aim was to illuminate how this issue could be addressed focusing on older adults’ integrity and high level decision-makers’ reasoning about ethically difficult situations (I-IV). READ MORE

  5. 3. Leadership, psychosocial work environment, and satisfaction with elder care among care recipients : Analysing their associations and the structural differences between nursing homes and home care

    Author : Dan Lundgren; Ingemar Kåreholt; Marie Ernsth-Bravell; Ulrika Börjesson; Svein Olav Daatland; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Leadership; psychosocial work environment; elder care; nursing homes; home help services;

    Abstract : BackgroundMunicipal elder care has become increasingly multifaceted, and the quest for quality is a continuing discussion in Swedish elder care. In recent decades, municipalities have prioritized older adults with severe needs. There is also a trend of more elderly individuals receiving care in their own homes. READ MORE

  6. 4. Municipal elderly care : implications of registered nurses' work situation, education, and competence

    Author : Karin Josefsson; Örebro universitet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; registered nurse ; nursing ; municipal elderly care ; work situation ; demand ; control ; influence ; support ; violence ; education ; competence ; competence development ; questionnaire ; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science; Vårdvetenskap; registered nurse; nursing; municipal elderly care; work situation; demand; control; influence; support; violence; education; competence; competence development; questionnaire;

    Abstract : Registered nurses (RNs) are key figures in municipal elderly care. It is a challenge to create necessary conditions that enable them to provide quality nursing care. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Trivial Matters : Everyday power in Swedish elder care

    Author : Tove Harnett; Bo Malmberg; David Wästerfors; Stig Berg; F. Jaber Gubrium; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Older people and ageing; Äldre och åldrande;

    Abstract : This is a study about fairly ordinary situations in elder care: how staff deal with older people’s influence, how staff talk about older people’s complaints, how family members talk about elder mistreatment, and how older people act in order to exert influence in a nursing home. However ordinary, these are situations where relational power is accentuated, accomplished and able to be empirically explored. READ MORE