Browsing Faculty of Social Sciences by Subject "geriatri"

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    • Hvordan beholde og rekruttere sykepleiere til sykehjem? 

      Ambjørnsen, Ruth (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)
      I følge Statistisk Sentralbyrå (SSB: http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/02/sa32/index.html), vil antall eldre over 67 år, stige betraktelig etter 2010. Antall eldre over 60 år, vil fordobles i perioden frem til 2050. I den samme ...

    • Loneliness, loss and social support among cognitively intact older people with cancer, living in nursing homes - a mixed-methods study 

      Drageset, Jorunn; Eide, Geir Egil; Dysvik, Elin; Furnes, Bodil; Hauge, Solveig (Journal article, 2015-05)
      Background: Loneliness is a significant psychosocial effect following a cancer diagnosis and may prevent people from engaging in social activities, thus creating difficulties in interpersonal relationships. This study ...

    • Patient participation in transitional care of older patients 

      Dyrstad, Dagrunn Nåden (PhD thesis UiS;310, Doctoral thesis, 2016-10-27)
      Background: Older patients often have several health challenges, with multiple medications, which leads to a need of treatment and care from diverse healthcare services. These patients are often in need of transitions from ...

    • Transitional care of the elderly from a resilience perspective 

      Laugland, Kristin Alstveit (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2015-06-29)
      Major initiatives have been undertaken to understand and improve care transitions, since they increase the likelihood of errors and make patients more vulnerable. The elderly are particularly vulnerable during care transitions ...