Search for dissertations about: "occupational therapy and dementia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words occupational therapy and dementia.

2. 1. Measuring the impact of body functions on occupational performance : validation of the ADL-focused occupation-based neurobehavioral evaluation (A-ONE)

   Author : Guðrún Árnadóttir; Anne Fisher; Britta Löfgren; Erik Bautz-Holter; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; occupational therapy; Rasch measurement; activities of daily living; assessment; stroke; dementia; neurology; outcome; Occupational therapy; Arbetsterapi; arbetsterapi; Occupational therapy;

   Abstract : Background: Among the instruments commonly used by occupational therapists working in the area of rehabilitation of persons with neurological disorders are evaluations of both occupation, such as activities of daily living (ADL), and body functions. While persons with neurological diagnoses typically have symptoms that represent diminished neurobehavioral functions, the resulting pattern of neurobehavioral impairments affecting ADL performance often differs among diagnostic groups. READ MORE

4. 2. Navigating through technological landscapes : views of people with dementia or MCI and their significant others

   Author : Lena Rosenberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Division of Occupational Therapy Care Sciences And Society Department of Neurobiology; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Alzheimer s disease; assistive technology; cognitive impairment; community living; design; environment; everyday technology; IADL; occupational therapy; older adults; Rasch analysis;

   Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to increase knowledge about people with MCI or dementia and their significant others, particularly as users of everyday technology and assistive technology (AT). The overall aim included increasing knowledge about the interactions between people with MCI or dementia and their significant others, and technology. READ MORE

5. 3. The participation of older people with and without dementia in public space, through the lens of everyday technology use

   Author : Sophie Nadia Gaber; Louise Nygård; Camilla Malinowsky; Anders Kottorp; Georgina Charlesworth; Agneta Malmgren Fänge; Karolinska institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Participation in activities and places within public space has been linked to numerous health benefits and yet, little is known about participation among older people with and without dementia. Insights about participation in activities and places within public space can contribute to the somewhat ambiguous definition of participation, as “involvement in a life situation”, by acknowledging the complexity and interrelatedness of subjective, social, contextual, temporal, and technological aspects of participation. READ MORE

6. 4. Cognitive impairment and its consequences in everyday life

   Author : Maria Johansson; Ewa Wressle; Jan Marcusson; Louise Nygård; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Activities of daily living; assessment; dementia; mild cognitive impairment; occupational therapy; quality of life;

   Abstract : The overall aim was to improve knowledge of the consequences of cognitive dysfunction in everyday life and of instruments to make these assessments. The thesis contains four studies each of different design using different populations. READ MORE

7. 5. Everyday life with dementia : aspects of assessing and understanding the consequences and experiences of living with dementia

   Author : Louise Nygård; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Strategies for compensation; dementia; environment; everyday life; IADL; illness experience; occupational therapy;

   Abstract : The overarching aim of this study was to extend and deepen the understanding of the consequences and experiences of dementia in everyday life. The first study (I) compared the performances of the instrumental activities of daily life (IADL) in an unfamiliar, clinical setting and in the familiar home settings of 19 subjects with suspected dementia. READ MORE