Search for dissertations about: "family carers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words family carers.

  2. 1. Information and Communication Technology : mediated support for working carers of older people

    Author : Stefan Andersson; Elizabeth Hanson; Lennart Magnusson; Erlingsson Christen; Sävenstedt Stefan; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Working carers; family carer support; information- and communication technology; Vårdvetenskap; Caring Science;

    Abstract : Despite a growing awareness of the importance of support for carers who combine paid work with care of an older relative, so called ‘working carers’, there remains a lack of empirical knowledge about more innovative ways to support this largest group of carers of older people. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are becoming more readily available. READ MORE

  4. 2. Searching for the meaning of support in Nursing. A study on support in family care of frail aged persons with examples from palliative care at home

    Author : Peter Stoltz; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : family carers; support; aged persons; systematic review; home; at-home; caregivers; older persons; phenomenology; hermeneutics; concepts;

    Abstract : Anhörigas insatser utgör en stor del av den hjälp och assistans som ges till Sveriges hemmaboende äldre personer som lever med en eller flera kroniska sjukdomar. Anhöriga bidrar också till den nationella välfärden genom att balansera hälso- och sjukvårdens kostnader. READ MORE

  5. 3. Combining informal care with paid work : An exploration of working carers’ situation with regards to their health status, gendered patterns of care, support and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Author : Joana Vicente; Elizabeth Hanson; Henk Nies; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; working carers; informal care; family care; support; employment; gender; health; COVID-19 pandemic; yrkesverksamma anhöriga; informell vård; anhörigomsorg; stöd; anställning; kön; hälsa; COVID-19 pandemi; Health and Caring Sciences; Hälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : Working carers (WKCs) combine paid work with informal care. Little is known about this important group of carers, which is expected to increase in number due topopulation ageing and economic trends. READ MORE

  6. 4. Online support for informal carers of persons with heart failure : Focus on perceptions, development and experiences

    Author : Hanna Allemann; Ingela Thylén; Anna Strömberg; Maria Giovinazzo Brovall; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Informal carers; Heart failure; Online support; Co-design; Cross-sectional design; Qualitative design; Descriptive design; Anhöriga; Hjärtsvikt; Online-stöd; Co-design; Tvärsnittsdesign; Kvalitativ design; Deskriptiv design.;

    Abstract : Background: Heart failure (HF) is a common condition, and its prevalence is expected to increase. The illness trajectory is unpredictable, and its effects will include a potential impact on informal carers, i.e., family, friends, and significant others. READ MORE

  7. 5. Doing informal care : Identity, couplehood, social health and information and communication technologies in older people’s everyday lives

    Author : Frida Andréasson; Elizabeth Hanson; Tina Mattsson; Lennart Magnusson; Anna Strömberg; Anna Dunér; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Informal care; carers; older people; carer identity; ill bodies; social health; couplehood; Information and Communication Technology ICT ; ethnography; co-design; Health and Caring Sciences; Hälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis has been a) to analyse how informal care influences the identity of carers and care recipients, their sense of couplehood and social health, and b) to explore the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the context of informal care and the everyday lives of older people. Study I focused on how older carers conceptualised their identity as carers on a Swedish online social forum, using a netnographic methodology. READ MORE