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- Lundberg, C, et al.
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License suspension revisited: A 3-year follow-up study of older drivers
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In: JOURNAL OF APPLIED GERONTOLOGY. - : SAGE Publications. - 0733-4648 .- 1552-4523. ; 22:4, s. 427-444
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This 3-year follow-up study addressed changes in health, cognitive functioning, and driving status among 37 older drivers and 37 individually matched controls. Initially, the study group had suspended driver’s licenses due to traffic violations. The in-person follow-up medical and neuropsychological examinations concerned 20 case participants and 22 controls. Mortality tended to be higher with case participants than with controls (p = .085), and there was more dementia or cognitive impairment with case participants (5/37) than with controls (0/37,p = .027). Initially, crash-involved case participants performed consistently worse on measures of cognitive functioning than did controls and noncrashed case participants and showed greater deterioration over time. Compared to controls, more crash-involved drivers had died (p = .019) or had stopped driving (p = .040). Because some older drivers with unsafe driving behavior may be in early phases of dementing processes or serious medical conditions, they should be medically and cognitively assessed.
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- Randers, I, et al.
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The "social self": The 11th category of integrity - Implications for enhancing geriatric nursing care
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In: JOURNAL OF APPLIED GERONTOLOGY. - : SAGE Publications. - 0733-4648 .- 1552-4523. ; 22:2, s. 289-309
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The purpose of this study was to enhance an earlier identified and briefly described social self category of integrity and how it affects the quality of care in patients older than 70 years. The two methods used in the earlier research were qualitative interviews and participant observations. From the data analysis, two themes were identified: social exchange and social experiences. The results indicate that improving care for geriatric patients includes offering more time to these patients for therapeutic social interactions such as listening, talking, storytelling, and reminiscing. Improving care for geriatric patients also includes providing information from the world outside from such sources as newspapers, radio, television, and communication from fellow patients and significant others. An increased awareness of the “social self” category in older adults by health care professionals will provide a more comprehensive foundation for holistic geriatric care.
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- Sidenvall, Birgitta, et al.
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The meal as a gift : the meaning of cooking among retired women
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In: Journal of Applied Gerontology. - : SAGE Publications. - 0733-4648 .- 1552-4523. ; 19:4, s. 405-423
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The aim of this qualitative interview study was to delineate the meaning of preparing, cooking, and serving meals among retired single living and cohabiting women. Sixty-three women living in two Swedish cities and their rural surroundings participated. The findings showed that the profound meaning was to do something for others. The whole procedure of preparing a meal could be seen as preparing a gift. Four phases were identified: finding out what to serve, cooking with fresh ingredients, presenting the gift in a beautiful manner, and enjoying the gift in commensality. Cohabiting women went on cooking with duty and joy as they had done before retirement as long as their power was maintained. For widows, especially those who had recently lost their spouse, the whole meaning of cooking and eating was lost, and among these women there is a risk of poor nutritional intake.
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