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- Nilsson, Kerstin
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To Work or not to Work in an Extended Working Life
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Ingår i: . 9th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP). - Rom, Italy : European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology (EAOHP).
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- Söderman, Mirkka, et al.
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Caring for the ethnic elders suffering from dementia – experiences of nursing staff
- 2014
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim: The aim of this study was to describe and compare the experiences of nursing staff caring for ethnic elderly persons suffering from dementia in an ethnic care setting and a Swedish-speaking care setting. Background: The numbers of ethnic elderly persons who speaks only their native language and are suffering from dementia are growing. As the dementia progresses into its ́ advanced stage the person suffering from dementia first loses the second language and later the native language and needs to be admitted to institutional care. In some municipalities in Sweden ethnic elders suffering from dementia receives care in an ethnic care setting where the persons` native language is spoken, but most ethnic elders suffering from dementia receives care in Swedish-speaking institutions. In terms of communication this may be a challenge for the nursing staff. Methods: The study has a qualitative approach with 27 semi-structured interviews. Data consist of 12 interviews with Finnish-speaking nursing staff working in a Finnish-speaking group home for persons suffering from dementia in Sweden and of 15 interviews with nursing staff working in Swedish-speaking group homes caring for non-Swedish older persons with dementia. The material is analysed with qualitative analysis. Findings: The experiences of the nursing staff showed that caring for the patients in a Finnish-speaking environment meant that they could communicate with the patients in their native language, which in turn stimulated the cognitive, physiological and social abilities of the person with dementia. Besides the language, the Finnish-speaking nursing staff also included cultural aspects such as Finnish music, food and media into the daily life in the care. The nursing staff in the Swedish-speaking group homes, perceived that all patients received equal basic care, but as they did not speak the patients` language communication was limited The language barrier resulted in behavioural disturbances at times in the non-Swedish patients with dementia. Implications: The two types of care settings were compared and besides a mutual language, the bilingual staff in the Finnish-speaking group home were able to include more of the cultural aspects which all together contributed to a sense of homeness for the Finnish elders with dementia. The care in the Swedish-speaking group homes was considered good and equal, but was also experienced as limited and frustrating by the Swedish-speaking nursing staff. Other strategies to communicate with the patients had were used and which will be further discussed.
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- Carús, Juan Luis, et al.
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The ELF@Home project : elderly sELF-care based on sELF-check of health conditions and sELF-fitness at home
- 2014
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Ingår i: Proceedings of pHealth 2014. - Vienna : IOS Press. ; , s. 164-166
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The ELF@Home project is a research and innovation project running from June 1st 2013 to May 31st 2016 and co-funded by the Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP) and National Authorities in Spain, Sweden and Germany. The ELF@Home project relies in the use of the proven advantages of elderly fitness to develop a self-care solution based on self-check of health conditions and self-fitness at home. The project uses information and communication technologies (ICT) to build an autonomous fitness system targeting healthy or pre-frail elder people aged over 65 and living independently at home.
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- Bildtgård, Torbjörn, 1970-, et al.
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The Impact of New Intimate Relationships in Later Life on Intergenerational Exchang
- 2014
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Ingår i: 8th International Conference on Cultural Gerontology. ; , s. 167-167
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Much social gerontological research has focused on partner loss in later life and how it affects social, emotional and practical exchanges between generations. In this paper we instead ask how a new intimate relationship in later life affects these inter-‐generational exchanges. The results are based both on qualitative interviews with 28 Swedes (63–91 years) either dating or living in new relationships initiated after the age of 60 (marriage, cohabitation, LAT), and a quantitative survey to 60–90 year old Swedes (n=1225). In the interviews we found that the informants described changes in what we conceptualize as the ‘relationship chain’ –a hierarchy in social and care responsibilities – where the new partner stepped in at the very front of the chain. The follow-up survey confirmed a hierarchy of dependencies, where partners tend to come first, followed by children, friends and the state. The interviews further showed that the informants recurrently described their partners as a resource for their own autonomy as well as that of their children and friends. We interpret these findings in light of an individualist culture of independence that characterizes the Nordic countries, aided by a strong welfare state, involving a strong ethic of not being a burden, even to your own children.
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