Search for dissertations about: "meaning of ageing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words meaning of ageing.

2. 1. On the making of age : A constructionist study on ageing and later life in the Faroe Islands

   Author : Ása Róin; Catharina Nord; Elisabet Cedersund; Chris Phillipson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; meaning of ageing; older people; constructionism; Faroe Islands; åldrandets innebörd; konstruktionism; äldre människor; Färöarna;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore how older people living in the Faroe Islands make sense of ageing, how political intentions and strategies resonate with the lived reality of ageing and how theories on ageing compare with this reality.This thesis builds on two data sets. READ MORE

4. 2. Getting Intimate : A Feminist Analysis of Old Age, Masculinity and Sexuality

   Author : Linn Sandberg; Jeff Hearn; Julia Twigg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender; masculinity; sexuality; old age; ageing; subjectivity; intimacy; touch; interview; body diaries; Genus; maskulinitet; sexualitet; hög ålder; åldrande; subjektivitet; intimitet; beröring; kroppsdagböcker; intervjuer; Gender studies; Genus;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the intersections of masculinity, old age and sexuality from the perspectives of old men themselves, how they understand and experience sex and sexuality in later life. The study uses qualitative in-depth interviews and body diaries, an exploratory method that asked men write about their bodies in everyday life. READ MORE

5. 3. Understanding the meaning of past, present and future in advanced age : very old persons’ experiences of ageing

   Author : Margareta Nilsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : very old people; lived experience; quality of life; transitions in old age; philosophy of life; life stories; phenomenological hermeneutics; EH Erikson theory;

   Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to understand elderly people's lived experiences of ageing and their life situation in very old age. The participating persons have been involved in and followed through all studies in the thesis. READ MORE

6. 4. Striving for meaning in a diminishing world : Older persons’ experiences of reflective STRENGTH-giving dialogues including a digital tool

   Author : Cecilia Åberg; Mia Berglund; Catharina Gillsjö; Jenny Hallgren; Eva Brink; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Caring conversation; complex intervention; patient perspective; phenomenology; phenomenography; quasi-experimental design; reflected lifeworld research; Wellbeing in long-term health problems WeLHP ; Välbefinnande vid långvariga hälsoproblem WeLHP ;

   Abstract : The Reflective STRENGTH-Giving Dialogue (STRENGTH) method was developed, grounded in a lifeworld perspective, with a focus on identifying and meeting older persons’ needs for the promotion of health and well-being. In this thesis, STRENGTH, including the digital tool SelfSTRENGTH, was tested in the context of community-dwelling older persons living with long-term health problems. READ MORE

7. 5. Older people's occupations. A life with and without work. : A life with and without work

   Author : Pia Hovbrandt; Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Ageing; Occupational engagement; Occupational balance; Occupational justice; Social participation; Psychosocial working conditions;

   Abstract : Introduction: The demographic changes with population ageing and a rapidly growing share of very old peoplewill put an increasing pressure on the health and social care system. In order to both restrict early retirement and force people to extend their working life reforms are changing pension systems in many European countries. READ MORE