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- Malm, Johannes, et al.
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Co-production to tailor a digital tool for monitoring symptoms of dementia in nursing home care in Sweden
- 2023
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Ingår i: Innovation in Aging. - : Oxford University Press. - 2399-5300. ; 7:Supplement 1, s. 743-743
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Symptoms of dementia change over time, resulting in complex situations that can negatively impact the person with dementia, as well as their relatives, and create challenges for staff members. Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), such as delusions, hallucinations, agitation, depression, anxiety, apathy, irritability, aberrant motor behavior, and sleep disturbances, occur in approximately 90% of older people with dementia. The purpose of the study was to identify potential barriers and facilitators prior to introducing a web-based digital tool, the Daily-BPSD. Daily-BPSD is going to be used by staff members for daily registrations of severity levels of BPSD for persons with dementia in nursing home care in Sweden. Qualitative data collection was conducted in co-production with previous users of a similar digital tool in disability care (n = 11) and future users in dementia care (n = 32). The participants were assistant nurses, care managers, nurses, occupational therapists, and relatives. The responses highlight the importance of an accessible and time-effective registration procedure, a manageable number of variables and registrations occasions per day, and ensuring that the same information does not need to be documented in different systems. The findings will be used to tailor Daily-BPSD and adequately prepare staff members for large-scale data collection in the next step of the research project. Daily-BPSD could provide an extended foundation of knowledge of the person with BPSD, which could be used to provide more person-centered and appropriate care.
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- Malm, Therese
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Energy use and indoor climate in livestock buildings for pigs : an introductory paper
- 2024
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Swedish pig farming is facing two climatic challenges: minimizing greenhouse gases and adapting to warmer climates in confined livestock buildings. Climate change leads to more heat waves, causing pigs in confined buildings to endure heat stress more often and for longer periods. Heat stress not only affects the animals' welfare and health negatively, but it also implies a risk of economic losses for farmers, as heat stress can result in slower growth, impacts on reproduction and increased mortality. Pigs are particularly sensitive to heat because they do have few sweat glands. This introductory paper on the subject “Improving energy-efficiency and indoor climate of livestock buildings for pigs through passive and active adaptation measures” highlightsthe need for adaptation measures due to climate change. The main aim of this introductory paper is to provide a summary of current research and knowledge on the energy efficiency and indoor climate of livestock buildings for pigs, as well as the need for further research on pig buildings in Sweden. Many studies have evaluated potential adaptation measures to lower indoor temperatures and reduce heat stress in warmer climates. The most commonly implemented measures for cooling are increased airflow and air velocity, as well as evaporative cooling. The reviewed articles also indicated that insulation and mechanical ventilation are required in warmer climates to maintain an acceptable indoor climate.The main conclusions are that:(1) Heat stress for pigs will increase due to global warming, necessitating adaptation measures toreduce indoor temperatures in warmer climates.(2) Technical solutions are available to reduce indoor temperatures in warmer climates. However,studies on the investment costs and energy use of these solutions are lacking.(3) To reduce the environmental impact of livestock buildings intended for pigs, it is necessary todevelop energy-saving solutions, improve management practices, and use non-fossil energy sources.(4) Computer simulations can be used as a tool to predict thermal climate and energy use in livestockbuildings.(5) It is recommended to develop a common framework and use standardised functional units toenable comparison and simplify evaluation of results from different studies.
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