Search for dissertations about: "formal care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 143 swedish dissertations containing the words formal care.

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. Collaboration and Coordination Challenges in Patient-Centered Care : Models and Informaion Services

   Author : Monica Winge; Benkt Wangler; Paul Johannesson; Fredrik Karlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; patient-centered care; healthcare; social care; home care; collaboration; coordination; care processes; processes coordination; multi-sectoral collaboration; communication; information models; information services; management; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis reports on research focuses on how to deal with the fact that the organization and processesof today’s health and social care are becoming ever more complex as a consequence of societal trends, including an aging population and an increased reliance on care at home. The overall research goal is to suggest ways in which IT-based solutions can enable and leverage collaboration and coordination insituations where a co-morbid patient is subject to care delivered simultaneously by several different professionals and organizations. READ MORE

5. 3. Health and quality of care from older peoples' and formal caregivers' perspective

   Author : Ingrid From; Inger Johansson; Gun Nordström; Bodil Wilde Larsson; Berit Lundman; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Older people; community care; dependency; health; adaptation; compensation; phenomenology; quality of care; organizational climate; stress of conscience; competence; health; sense of coherence; formal caregivers; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad; Hälsa och välfärd;

   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to gain a deeper understanding of older people's view of health and care while dependent on community care. Furthermore to describe and compare formal caregivers' perceptions of quality of care, working conditions, competence, general health, and factors associated with quality of care from the caregivers' perspective. READ MORE

6. 4. 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

7. 5. 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