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- Edberg, Anna-Karin, et al.
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Hälsofrämjande aktiviteter
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Ingår i: Att möta personer med demenssjukdom. - Lund : Studentlitteratur AB. ; :3, s. 251-276
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Liedström, Elisabeth, 1952-, et al.
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Understanding the next of kin’s experience of their life situation in informal care giving of older persons
- 2014
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Ingår i: Clinical Nursing Studies. - : Sciedu Press. - 2324-7959 .- 2324-7940. ; 2:1, s. 53-63
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The experience of their life situation of next of kin in informal caregiving needs to be followed as they may need support to maintain their own health and cope with continuing in their caregiving role. Many of these individuals, often the older person’s spouse, are elderly themselves. The aim of this study was to increase the understanding of the next of kin’s experience of their life situation in connection with their informal caregiving of older persons. The study had a qualitative approach, with an inductive explorative design. Informal conversational interviews were conducted. Twelve next of kin were interviewed, nine of them twice. In all, 21 interviews were performed, and subsequently subjected to latent content analysis. The theme that emerged from the data was “A balance or imbalance in next of kin’s daily life.” The three subthemes were: (1) Balance and imbalance in the relationship with the older person, other family members, and friends; (2) Balance and imbalance in the relationship with the staff from municipal care; and (3) Balance and imbalance in demands, affecting the caregiver’s own health. Communication with mutual respect was described as a tool for creating good relations. The results of this study highlight the strained life experiences of next of kin while caring for older persons. There is a need to give more attention to the next of kin’s life situation and to find the means to support them. To reduce worry and stress, health care staff need to understand the next of kin’s experience of their life situation, and good relations need to be created among all involved in the care.
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- Pajalic, Zada
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Matdistribution till hemmaboende äldre personer ur flera perspektiv
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Doktorsavhandling (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- The overall aim of this study was to gain insight into municipal food distribution from several perspectives: that of the clients, mainly elderly people, and also from the perspectives of different professionals and decision makers. An action research approach was chosen, as the characteristics of this method were deemed to be correct in relation to the basic aim of the study. This thesis is based on four empirical studies. Study I aimed to explore various professionals’ experiences of involvement in food distribution (FD) in order to get a comprehensive understanding of the organization, responsibilities and roles. The results showed that FD is a fragmentary intervention where a comprehensive perspective and clear roles of responsibility are lacking. Study II aimed to gain insight and to describe the experiences of home-living elderly people who receive hot meals distributed by their municipality. The results showed that there were feelings of dependency, and loneliness among the elderly participants, however they also expressed gratitude for the opportunity to have their meals delivered to their home. Study III aimed to describe how the professionals can identify needs for improvement and improve the municipal FD service to home living elderly people. The need to update and increase the FD recipient’s knowledge in nutrition by sending information letters was found to be an important area to focus on. Evaluation of letters resulted in the decision to continue preparing and distributing information letters to all FD recipients twice a year and to make the information letters assessable on the websites of the six municipalities and county councils involved. Study IV aimed to describe the decision maker’s views on FD and to report their suggestions for which areas reported from studies I-III should be taken into consideration as starting points to improve the municipal FD. The findings resulted in the decisions to monitor the elderly’s health and wellbeing while providing FD and to increase the professionals’ competence and to create a forum for inter-professional communication. In conclusion, this thesis illustrates that there is a necessity to identify the needs for general improvement of FD by involving the participants and to start out from their personal experiences and in their own context.
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