Browsing Omsorgsbiblioteket by Subject "aged"
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Ability for self-care in urban living older people in southern Norway
(Journal article, 2012)Background: The number of older people living in urban environments throughout the world will increase in the coming years. There is a trend in most European countries towards improved health among older people, and increased ... -
Alkoholbruk blant eldre: En oppsummering av kunnskap
(Oppsummering nr;33, Research report, 2023)Dette er en oppsummering av kunnskap om alkoholbruk blant eldre, basert på Arksey og O’Malleys metodiske rammeverk for scoping reviews. Oppsummeringen inkluderer 51 forsknings- og utviklingsarbeider som har empiri fra ... -
Alkoholbruk blant eldre: En oppsummering av kunnskap
(Oppsummering nr;33, Research report, 2023)Dette er en oppsummering av kunnskap om alkoholbruk blant eldre, basert på Arksey og O’Malleys metodiske rammeverk for scoping reviews. Oppsummeringen inkluderer 51 forsknings- og utviklingsarbeider som har empiri fra ... -
Balancing within various discourses - the art of being old and living as a Sami woman
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)The aim of this part of the Umeå 85+ Study was to explore how indigenous women narrate their lives and their experience of being old as Sami women. Interviews with 9 old Sami women were analyzed using grounded theory. The ... -
Effects of preventive home visits on older people's use and costs of health care services: A systematic review
(Journal article, 2016)Introduction: The aim of this study was to systematically review the evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCT) concerning effectiveness of preventive home visit (PHV) programs on older people's use and costs of ... -
Effects of self-management support programmes on activities of daily living of older adults: A systematic review
(Journal article, 2016)Background: The ability of older adults to carry out activities of daily living and to adapt and to manage their own life decreases due to deterioration of their physical and cognitive condition. Nurses and other health ... -
Factors influencing acceptance of technology for aging in place: A systematic review
(Journal article, 2014)Purpose To provide an overview of factors influencing the acceptance of electronic technologies that support aging in place by community-dwelling older adults. Since technology acceptance factors fluctuate over time, a ... -
Health-promoting interventions for persons aged 80 and older are successful in the short term-results from the randomized and three-armed Elderly Persons in the Risk Zone study
(Journal article, 2012)Objectives: To examine the outcomes of the Elderly Persons in the Risk Zone study, which was designed to evaluate whether it is possible to delay deterioration if a health-promoting intervention is made when an older adult ... -
How to Measure Self-management Abilities in Older People by Self-report. The Development of the SMAS-30
(Journal article, 2005)This paper presents the results of two studies carried out in order to design and test a self-report instrument to measure Self-Management Ability (the SMAS-30) in aging individuals. SMA refers to the core behavioral and ... -
Multidimensional Preventive Home Visit Programs for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
(Journal article, 2008)Background: Multidimensional preventive home visit programs aim at maintaining health and autonomy of older adults and preventing disability and subsequent nursing home admission, but results of randomized controlled trials ... -
Municipal variation in health and social service use in the last 2 years of life among old people
(Journal article, 2011)Aims: To describe and analyse municipal differences in health and social service use among old people in the last 2 years of life. Methods: The data were derived from national registers. All those who died in 2002 or 2003 ... -
Nutritional Status According to Mini Nutritional Assessment in an Institutionalized Elderly Population in Sweden
(Journal article, 2000)Background: In 1992, local municipalities in Sweden took over full responsibility for the long-term care of elderly. This has led to an increased care burden for the various assisted accommodation services run by the ... -
Prevalence, type, and reasons for missed nursing care in municipality health care in Sweden – A cross sectional study
(Journal article, 2022)Background With an ageing population, there is an increasing need for care, both as home care and in nursing homes. However, some needed care is not carried out for different reasons, which can affect patient safety. The ... -
Reablement in community-dwelling adults: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Abstract Background: as a result of the ageing population, there is an urgent need for innovation in community health-care in order to achieve sustainability. Reablement is implemented in primary care in some Western ... -
The effectiveness and efficiency of home-based nursing health promotion for older people: A review of the literature
(Journal article, 2006)Despite the large potential role that community nurses have in providing individualized health promotion to older people, there is a lack of consensus in the literature regarding this role's effectiveness and efficiency. ...