Search for dissertations about: "retirement homes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words retirement homes.

  2. 1. Lives on Wheels : Caravan Homes in Contemporary Europe

    Author : Hege Høyer Leivestad; Bengt Karlsson; Tim Cresswell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Home; Materiality; Material Culture; Mobility; Europe; socialantropologi; Social Anthropology;

    Abstract : In the public imaginary the caravan has time and again been associated with stigmatised groups in society. Nevertheless, this vehicle-home has held a visible position in Western Europe’s leisure landscape in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries as a potent symbol of working-class tourism. READ MORE

  4. 2. Older people's safety and security in community care for the elderly : focusing on fall risk and fall

    Author : Edit Fonad; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Older people; Falls; Fall-risk assessments; Drugs; Physical Restraints; Safety; Registered Nurses; Enrolled Nurses; Qualitative and Quantitative approach.;

    Abstract : Background: In Sweden the majority of very old people are healthy, and able to live in their own homes and manage without any assistance from their local authorities. However, many of them suffer from impaired cognitive and physical function, a decline in activity and poorer health, leading to a dependency on others in daily life. READ MORE

  5. 3. Teachers and Student Outcomes: Evidence using Swedish Data

    Author : Christian Andersson; Per Johansson; Arnaud Chevalier; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Economics; Teacher density; Government grant; Teacher supply; Teacher certification; Teacher quality; Instrumental variable; Pedagogic personnel; Homework; Student achievement; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1 analyzes how student achievement is affected by resource increases in the Swedish compulsory school, due to a special government grant. The analysis is based on register data between 1998 and 2005. The study shows that the increased resources have not had a statistically significant positive effect on the average student’s achievement. READ MORE

  6. 4. Perceived aspects of home, health and well-being among people in Sweden aged 67-70 years

    Author : Maya Kylén; Aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande; []
    Keywords : Younger older people; third age; housing; meaning of home; ageing in place;

    Abstract : Introduction: The fact that the majority of older people wish to remain and live independently in their current homes calls for a more comprehensive understanding of which aspects of the home support healthy ageing. Perceived aspects of home influence life satisfaction, perceived health, independence in daily activities and well-being among people aged 80 years and older. READ MORE

  7. 5. On the Move : Essays on the Economic and Political Development of Sweden

    Author : Erik Prawitz; Jakob Svensson; Davide Cantoni; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic development; political economics; migration; innovation; technological development; transport infrastructure; housing economics; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in economics. Their abstracts are presented below:Exit, Voice and Political Change: Evidence from Swedish Mass Migration to the United States. We study the political effects of mass emigration to the United States in the 19th century using data from Sweden. READ MORE