Browsing Fakultet for helsevitenskap (HV) by Subject "Older persons"
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Balancing standardisation and individualisation in transitional care pathways: a meta-ethnography of the perspectives of older patients, informal caregivers and healthcare professionals
(BMC Health Services Research;22, Article number: 430 (2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04-01)Background: Transitional care implies the transfer of patients within or across care settings in a seamless and safe way. For frail, older patients with complex health issues, high-quality transitions are especially important ... -
Clinical Application Research through reflection, interpretation and new understanding - a hermeneutic design
(Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences;Volume 33, Issue 3, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-10)The implementation of theoretical knowledge in clinical practice and the implementation of good clinical practice into theory have been of interest in caring science for the last 30 years. The aim of this article was to ... -
Dignity of older home-dwelling women nearing end-of-life: Informal caregivers’ perception
(Nursing Ethics;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-28)Background: Most older people wish to live in the familiar surroundings of their own home until they die. Knowledge concerning dignity and dignity loss of home-dwelling older women living with incurable cancer should be ... -
Healthcare professionals’ experiences of providing individualized nutritional care for older people in hospital and home care: A qualitative study
(BMC Geriatrics;19, Article number: 317 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Recent studies indicate inadequate nutritional care practices in healthcare institutions and identify several barriers to perform individualized nutritional care to older persons. Organisation of care can become rigid and ... -
Older patients’ and their family caregivers’ perceptions of food, meals and nutritional care in the transition between hospital and home care: a qualitative study.
(BMC Nutrition;6, Article number: 11 (2020), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-17)Background: Older people have varying degrees of unmet nutritional needs following discharge from hospital. Inadequate involvement of the older person and his or her family caregivers in care and care planning, and inadequate ...