Personal assistance from a welfare perspective, offering a variety of reasons is perceived as a different design assistance than is usually there in the public social assistance depending on the strong foundations of the handicap principle autonomy and influence is in terms of how, what and when the operation is performed. The aim of our study was to highlight the handicap principle influence and autonomy in the operation of personal assistance. It is intended both to illustrate the legislature's intentions and ideologues expectations and also to examine a number of managers and personal assistants experiences of the conditions that exist for realize these principles. In order to answer our purpose and our issues, we have chosen a qualitative approach. We have first conducted a literature review and secondly implemented six interviews with personal assistants and managers.

AbstractThe signification of the eyesight for children?s development and learning- how do pedagogues support and stimulate children with defective vision in their development and learning in pre-school?These issues are based on my purpose of the field survey investigations, where I have interviewed three pedagogues and also performed an observation.My main conclusion and results describe that the vision is the high-powered engine in children?s development and learning. It also tells us that those around the children are very important for optimum development and learning, especially when it comes to supporting and stimulating children with defective vision in their necessities. Our other senses are a compensation to make it easier for children with defective visions in their lives. But all our senses are equally important for children with defective vision as they are for seeing children in their development and learning with their whole body in pre-school.Keywords:Eyesight, children with defective vision, development and learning in pre-school, pedagogues, pedagogical support and stimulation.

The aim of this study has been to create an understanding for the situation of an often forgotten group in foster care, the carers? own children. Our main focus has been the experience this group has of foster care, their experience of participation in caring for the foster children and their possible need of support and help. Our chosen method has been qualitative interviews with six adult children of foster carers, two men and four women. The theory used in this study has been Sense of Coherence.Our interviewees gave mainly a positive description of being part of a foster family even though they could give examples of difficult situation and of loss.

Background: The district nurse's competence description is comprehensive and sets high standards for a wide range of skills. The population's need for health care will rise according to life expectancy, lifestyle diseases and multi-morbidity increases. To graduate as a district nurse, 75 higher education credits are needed and after graduation, the district nurse must have developed both personal qualities and gained skills that makes it possible to work in primary care, child / school health care and home care. Aim: The aim of this study is to highlight the newly qualified district nurse experiences in developing professional identity and describe on how this development affects nursing.Method: In the pilot study a qualitative method with an inductive approach was used, and data collection was made by four semi-structured interviews. The interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.

AbstractThe purpose of this essay was to determent if the authors? idea to replace a personal trainer with a training program, which is provided by software, is viable and if there is a market for such a product. The method that was used, included eight people who enrolled in a training program which were designed by the authors in Microsoft excel. The programs were based on principals of periodization, and included the phases: anatomic adaptation, hypertrophy, maximum strength and muscle definition. The training program was personal and based on individual goal setting.

The aim of the study was to describe how anaesthetic nurses, within both advanced beginner and expert levels, experience their professional role as they perform a general anaesthetic.The study had a descriptive design with a qualitative approach in which ten advanced beginners- and ten expert anaesthetic nurses from an operating theatre and an ambulatory surgical ward at a hospital located in the middle of Sweden, participated. All data was collected in an interview with semi-structured questions which focused on how the anaesthetic nurses experience their work. The data were analysed with qualitative content analysis. The results are presented in categories and themes. The themes were formed from the categories.

The main focus of this study is to explore Swedish soldiers? experiences of the transition back to everyday life after international service missions. This includes the help and support that they have received and also what barriers to care they have experienced during the transition back to everyday life. The theoretical perspectives of this study are social identity and stigma theory. This study was performed using a qualitative method and includes six individual interviews with active duty officers within the Swedish armed forces.

Information technology (IT) with its enormous capacity involves more and more in our daily activities and public sector is using IT to make their activities more efficient. The government goal with electronic government (e-government) among other things is increasing the availability and service to the public as well as improving the democratic process. Democracy can be strengthened by involving citizens in public decision making process but this goal has not been achieved yet and the development of e-government has mostly been focused on improving efficiency within administration and electronic services (e-services). Promoting the democratic process has been postponed in the development of e-government because of the lack of political commitment and decision. Digital divide is also preventing public sector to promote democracy with the support of IT.

I dag löser många företag både långsiktiga men främst kortsiktiga personalbehov med personalinhyrning. I vår undersökning har vi försökt att identifiera bakomliggande drivkrafter till personalinhyrning med hjälp av en fallstudie. Vi har även försökt kartlägga om det finns någon skillnad på drivkrafter när företag hyr in rutinmässiga eller professionella medarbetare. Någon sådan skillnad kunde vi inte hitta. Att det går snabbt och är enkelt att hyra in personal är enligt vår undersökning den främsta drivkraften till personalinhyrning, oavsett vilken typ av personal företaget väljer att hyra in.

Bemanningsbranschen har det senaste decenniet vuxit fram explosionsartat till följd av ändrad lagstiftning och krav på ökad flexibilitet hos företagen. Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att beskriva fem fallföretags erfarenheter av att hyra in personal från bemanningsföretag. Vi har undersökt vilka arbetsuppgifter som företagen hyr in personal till, vilka motiven för inhyrningen är, om den ordinarie personalen har uppvisat motstånd mot inhyrningen, om desammas motivation har påverkats till följd av inhyrningen och om företagskulturen har haft betydelse för inhyrningens framgång. Vi har genomfört en kvalitativ intervjustudie där respondenter både har varit ordinarie personal som arbetar tillsammans med den inhyrda personalen och personalansvariga. Några av de slutsatser som vi har kunnat dra utifrån fallföretagens erfarenheter är att kommunikationen av motivet till inhyrningen påverkar hur väl inhyrningen fungerar.

The purpose of the study is that based on focus groups with personal assistants understand how self-determination and participation, expresses itself in work with the users. The study has a focus on the concepts of power and help and social citizenship in the context of self-determination and participation. We are interested to explore how personal assistants reason and argue about different design cases and situations related to self-determination and participation in the relationship with the users. For this study we have used a qualitative method and to collect our data we have used focus groups and different design cases (vignettes). To analyze our data we used the theory about power and help and the theory about social citizenship.

This thesis was rendered for the client HAGS Aneby AB that is a global leader in playground equipment. The goal of this project was to develop a seesaw that is available for children aged 5-12 years; both with and without disabilities. The project has aimed to develop a seesaw that fits everyone in the target group without looking specially adapted.Children with disabilities have difficulty using today's seesaws because they consist of only a seat and a handle on each side. It requires that the user has strong arms and legs and can sit up without support. HAGS Aneby AB would like to change this.To gain knowledge of the target group and on the different types of disabilities information was sought for on the internet including the RBU's and UNICEF's websites.

The purpose of this study was to examine how Swedish high school students view school staff members, in general, but in particular school counselors. The research questions focused on getting the students descriptions of the staff members roles and functions within the school. The study was conducted using focus group interviews. The answers were divided into themes and then analyzed using role theory and previous research. The results showed that the students relationships with family, friends and previous knowledge about the staff members in school, affects their willingness to seek the support of school staff members.

Syftet med detta arbete var att beskriva vilka förväntningar det finns på personal som arbetar i förskoleklass. Vi avgränsade arbetet genom att fokusera på förskollärarna, fritidspedagogerna och grundskolelärarnas förväntningar, även fast vi vet att det finns många andra som har förväntningar på den personal som arbetar i förskoleklass. De frågeställningar som vi har utgått ifrån är: Vilken eller vilka kompetenser bör den personal ha som utför arbetet i förskoleklass?Vilka förväntningar riktas mot personalen i förskoleklass från avlämnande förskollärare och mottagande lärare i grundskolan? Vilka förväntningar har personal i förskoleklass mot varandra och sig själva? Vi använde oss av kvalitativa intervjuer för att kunna få ut så mycket som möjligt i de samtal vi förde med de intervjuade lärarna. Vi intervjuade två förskollärare som var avlämnande lärare, en fritidspedagog och en förskollärare som arbetade i förskoleklassen och två grundskollärare som var mottagande lärare.

Karlsson. A (2015). Importance of spirituality and social support for quitting narcotics - Experiences of the12 step program. Bachelor thesis in Public Health science. Department of work- and public health science.