Uppsatser om dementia

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Effekter av vårdhund och robotdjur hos patienter med demenssjukdom

En litteraturstudie

Kandidatuppsats · Uppsala universitet

Background: Dementia is an umbrella term for a group of diseases that affects the brain and causes cognitive impairment. Animal-assisted Therapy's goal is to meet patients' physical, psychological and social dimensions within the current health care field. To avoid problems like …

Bike Around

Kandidatuppsats · Högskolan i Halmstad

Physical activity can reduce the risk of developing dementia, and studies show that people who already have some form of the disease can get a better memory function and find it easier to perform daily tasks if the activity is performed regularly. People who are diagnosed with …

Anhörigstöd

Betydelsen av stöd och hjälp till anhöriga som vårdar en person med demenssjukdom

Examensarbete, grundnivå · Örebro universitet

… to gain a deeper understanding of how the relatives' part is affected by the dementia ill person. The result has been produced by semi-structured interviews with five respondents interviewed individually. The respondents who participated in the study, care for the dementia …

Design och oro

<em>En studie om inredning och möbeldesign och dess </em><em>möjligheter att minska oro hos dementa </em>

Kandidatuppsats · Konstfack

… 1999 and 2009, I followed three of my grandparents, all of whom suffered from dementia. Numerous times, when I visited them in their nursing homes, I was met by residents of the ward who were very unhappy. Through conversations at home with my family, I understood more and more …

En utmaning

Sjuksköterskans bedömning av smärta hos personer med demens.

Kandidatuppsats · Uppsala universitet

People with dementia often have difficulties expressing their needs. Untreated pain within this group can be manifested as depression, agitation or loss in appetite. It can be a challenging task for a nurse to estimate, treat and evaluate pain for people with dementia. With good …

"Man får vara deras vikarierande pannlob" Möjligheter och svårigheter i omvårdnaden av personer med frontallobsskador vid demenssjukdom/

”You have to be their deputy frontal lobe” Possibilities and difficulties in nursing care of persons having dementia

D-uppsats · Kristianstad University · 2006

Nursing care of persons having dementia diseases affecting the frontal lobes, sets special demands on the staff, but the knowledge about how to best tailor nursing care is sparse. The aim of the study was to illuminate possibilities and difficulties in nursing care of persons …

Anhörigvårdarens situation

Kandidatuppsats · Högskolan Kristianstad

… with this study was to examine how persons giving care to their spouses with dementia experience their life situation. As information source we used a qualitative study which included halfstructured interview questions. The study took place in three municipalities in the south …

Omgivningens betydelse för patienter med Alzheimers sjukdom

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Kandidatuppsats · Högskolan Kristianstad

Background: Alzheimer’s disease belongs to the largest group of dementia and stands for the half of those 37 millions persons whom are affected of dementia in the entire world. Alzheimer’s disease affects the patients with changes on their behaviour. It is important as a nurse …

Betydelsen av handledning för personal som arbetar med personer med demens

Kandidatuppsats · Luleå

Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka vilken betydelse handledning har för personal som arbetar med personer med demens. Handledningens syfte och mål är riktade till både personal och vårdtagare och det övergripande målet är att den ska främja den enskilda människan …

Från tvåsamhet till ensamhet - anhörigas upplevelser av att vårda en person med Alzheimers sjukdom

/ From companionship to loneliness - the experience of caring for a family member with Alzheimer’s disease

Kandidatuppsats · Högskolan Kristianstad

… in English: Background: In Sweden more than 160 000 people are suffering from dementia and half of them have developed Alzheimer’s disease, which is the most common of the dementia diseases. When the diagnose Alzheimer’s disease has been set the life situation changes for the …

"De vet ju inte vems säng de ligger i"

En studie om vårdpersonals tolkningar, bemötande och hantering av demenssjukas sexuella uttryck

Kandidatuppsats · Linnéuniversitetet

… of this study is to increase understanding of how nursing home staff at dementia care facilities interpret, treat and manages sexual behavior of patients. Four group interviews were made with a total of thirteen participants from three different dementia care facilities. The …

Alzheimers sjukdom

anhörigas känslor vid en förändrad livssituation

Examensarbete, grundnivå · Högskolan Väst

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. The individual who fall ill can be in an age between 40-65 years old. When dementia affects individuals at this age, many relatives take their responsibility for taking care of them at home for a long time. The aim of this …